Erin R. Johnson

Education:

• BSc: Carleton University
  
• PhD: Queen's University
  
• PDF: Duke University

Research interests:

Development and applications of density-functional theory for study of electronic structure. Current applications include non-covalent interactions, molecular crystals, layered solids, electrides, and organometallic complexes.

Selected awards and honours

• 2018 Dirac Medal 
  
• 2018 Tom Ziegler Award
  
• 2017-2018 Faculty of Science Killam Prize

Selected publications:

• A. D. Becke, S. G. Dale, E. R. Johnson, Correct charge transfer in CT 
  complexes from the Becke'05 density functional, J. Chem. Phys. 148, 
  211101 (2018).
• S. G. Dale, A. Otero de la Roza, E. R. Johnson, Pressure-induced 
  isostructural antiferromagnetic-ferromagnetic transition in an organic 
  electride, J. Phys. Chem. C 122, 12742-12747 (2018).
  
• L. M. LeBlanc, A. Otero de la Roza, E. R. Johnson, Composite and 
  low-cost approaches for molecular crystal structure prediction, J. Chem. 
  Theory Comput. 14, 2265-2276 (2018).
  
• M. S. Christian, E. R. Johnson, Effect of the metal substrate on 
  interlayer interactions in bilayer graphene, J. Phys. Chem. C 122, 
  8910-8918 (2018).
  
• S. R. Whittleton, A. Otero de la Roza, E. R. Johnson, The exchange-hole 
  dipole dispersion model for accurate energy ranking in molecular crystal 
  structure prediction II: Non-planar molecules, J. Chem. Theory Comput. 
  13, 5332–5342 (2017)