Erin Johnson
Assistant Professor
School of Natural Sciences
Email
ejohnson29@ucmerced.edu
Website
faculty1.ucmerced.edu/ejohnson29 Research Interests
Development and applications of density-functional theory:
- Improved methods to model dispersion and other intermolecular interactions
- Development of theories to treat strongly-correlated systems
- Computational studies of reaction mechanisms
- Electronic structure of materials and surfaces
- Density-functional theory for excitation energies, with application to photovoltaics
Education
- NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow, 2008-2010 — Duke University
- Ph.D, 2007 — Queen's University
- B.S., 2004 — Carleton University
