Wilson currently serves as the John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, associate dean for strategic initiatives in the College of Natural Sciences,  and director of the MSU Center for Quantum Computing, Science, and Engineering (MSU-Q) at Michigan State University.  From 2016-2018, she was division director of the Division of Chemistry at the National Science Foundation (NSF), heading the division from 2016 to 2018, where she led the direction of investments in chemistry research across the nation for NSF.  Prior to this, she was at the University of North Texas, where she was a regents professor, and director of the Center for Advanced Scientific Computing and Modeling (CASCaM). She also served as associate vice provost for faculty and led the Office of Faculty Success at the University of North Texas (UNT), working with ~2,400 faculty and ~58 department chairs, after serving for two years as a faculty fellow in the UNT Office of the Provost.