Aurora Pribram-Jones

Aurora Pribram-Jones is an Associate Professor at the University of California, Merced, affiliated with the School of Natural Sciences and the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry. Her research focuses on advanced electronic structure methods and density functional theory applications to complex systems.

• Ph.D., Chemistry (2015) - University of California, Irvine
• B.S., Chemistry (2009) - Harvey Mudd College
• A.S., Biology/Chemistry/Mathematics - Foothill College

Her work spans thermal and ensemble density functional theory, semiclassical methods, and warm dense matter systems. Recent publications emphasize finite-temperature extensions, symmetry considerations, and machine learning integration in DFT. Articles demonstrate expertise in excited-state analysis, strong correlation, and model Hamiltonians.

Professor Pribram-Jones leads the Pribram-Jones Group, with lab facilities in the Arts & Computational Sciences Building (Rooms 208B and 222). She contributes to high energy density science development at UC Merced.