Erin R. Johnson
Associate Professor, Herzberg-Becke Chair in Theoretical Chemistry
Related Information
Department of Chemistry
, Department of Physics & Atmospheric Science
Email: erin.johnson@dal.ca
Mailing Address:
Email: erin.johnson@dal.ca
Mailing Address:
Department of Chemistry
Dalhousie University
6274 Coburg Road
P.O. Box 15000
Halifax NS B3H 4R2
Research Topics:Dalhousie University
6274 Coburg Road
P.O. Box 15000
Halifax NS B3H 4R2
- Theoretical chemistry
- Computational chemistry
- Quantum chemistry
- Density functional theory
- Intermolecular interactions
- Physical chemistry
- Materials
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 publications:
- S. G. Dale, E. R. Johnson, A. D. Becke, Interrogating the Becke'05
density functional for non-locality information, J. Chem. Phys. 147,
154103 (2017).
- S. G. Dale, E. R. Johnson, The ionic versus metallic nature of 2D
electrides: A density-functional description, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.
19, 27343-27352 (2017).
- M. S. Christian, A. Otero de la Roza, E. R. Johnson, Adsorption of
graphene to nickel (111) using the exchange-hole dipole moment model,
Carbon 118, 184-191 (2017).
- 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, J. Chem. Theory Comput.
13, 441-450 (2017).
- A. Otero de la Roza, J. E. Hein, E. R. Johnson, Reevaluating the
stability and prevalence of conglomerates: Implications for
preferential crystallization, Cryst. Growth Des. 16, 6055-6059 (2016).