[1] In 2020, he was named a member of the Order of Canada, Canada's highest civilian honors, because of his contributions to electrochemical engineering and sciences, particularly the development of fuel cell technology.
Jane Memorial Award,[4] the UBC Faculty of Applied Science Dean’s Medal of Distinction[5] and the University of British Columbia Killam Research Award.
Wilkinson joined the University of British Columbia Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering in 2004 as a Canada Research Chair in Clean Energy and Fuel Cells after working in various industry and government positions.
Prior to his current work at UBC, he was Vice President of Research at Moli Energy, where he was part of the team that developed the world’s first commercial rechargeable lithium AA battery, and worked at Ballard Power Systems, where he assisted in fuel cell and hydrogen technology.
[6] Wilkinson was also a principal research officer and group leader at the National Research Council Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation, where he established a research and development group and laboratory in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell technology.