[1] She currently serves as the John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, associate dean for strategic initiatives in the College of Natural Sciences,[2] and director of the MSU Center for Quantum Computing, Science, and Engineering (MSU-Q)[3] at Michigan State University.
Wilson joined the Department of Chemistry at the University of North Texas in 2000 as an assistant professor.
[7] She also became John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor in 2016 at Michigan State University, joining the Department of Chemistry.
After her rotation at NSF, Wilson was an Academic Advancement Network Fellow in the Office of the Dean in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
[8] In 2019, she established and began to serve as director at the MSU Center for Quantum Computing, Science, and Engineering (MSU-Q).
She is engaged in areas including quantum mechanical and quantum dynamical method development, thermochemical and spectroscopic studies of small molecules, protein modeling and drug design, catalysis design, environmental challenges (i.e., CO2, PFAS), heavy element and transition metal chemistry, and mechanical properties of materials.
[15] Some of her computational chemistry methodologies, including ab initio correlation consistent basis sets, correlation consistent composite approach (ccCA), complete basis set (CBS) procedures, and multireference wavefunction diagnostics for transition metals are utilized worldwide.
Her recent work on PFAS has provided insight upon the impact of these species on human health and potential mitigation strategies in the environment, including soils.
For drug design, she has been engaged in the development of strategies for a variety of anti-inflammatory diseases, end-stage kidney function, and tuberculosis.