<sod>Carter has made significant contributions to theoretical and computational chemistry.  She has developed [[''ab initio'' quantum chemistry methods]] and applied them to the study of materials.<ref name="Carter2008">{{cite journal|last1=Carter|first1=E. A.|title=Challenges in Modeling Materials Properties Without Experimental Input|journal=Science|date=8 August 2008|volume=321|issue=5890|pages=800–803|doi=10.1126/science.1158009|url=http://pcss.xmu.edu.cn/old/users/xlu/group/download/modeling_materials.pdf}}</ref> She has developed fast methods for [[orbital-free density functional theory]] (OF-DFT) that can be applied to large numbers of atoms.<ref name="Adarlo"/> She has also developed embedded correlated wavefunction theory for the study of local [[Condensed matter physics|condensed matter]] electronic structure.<ref name="Libisch">{{cite journal|last1=Libisch|first1=Florian|last2=Huang|first2=Chen|last3=Carter|first3=Emily A.|title=Embedded Correlated Wavefunction Schemes: Theory and Applications|journal=Accounts of Chemical Research|date=16 September 2014|volume=47|issue=9|pages=2768–2775|doi=10.1021/ar500086h|url=http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ar500086h|accessdate=26 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="Sharifzadeh">{{cite journal|last1=Sharifzadeh|first1=Sahar|last2=Huang|first2=Patrick|last3=Carter|first3=Emily A.|title=All-electron embedded correlated wavefunction theory for condensed matter electronic structure|journal=Chemical Physics Letters|date=March 2009|volume=470|issue=4-6|pages=347–352|doi=10.1016/j.cplett.2009.01.072}}</ref> This work has relevance to the understanding of photoelectrocatalysis.<ref name="Adarlo"/><ref name="Photoelectrocatalysis">{{cite web|title=Renewable Fuels and Chemicals from Photoelectrocatalysis|url=https://www.chem.wisc.edu/content/hirschfelder-lectures-0|website=University of Wisconsin-Madison|accessdate=26 March 2016}}</ref><eod>
<sod>Carter has made significant contributions to theoretical and computational chemistry.  She has developed [[Ab initio quantum chemistry methods|''ab initio'' quantum chemistry methods]] and applied them to the study of materials.<ref name="Carter2008">{{cite journal|last1=Carter|first1=E. A.|title=Challenges in Modeling Materials Properties Without Experimental Input|journal=Science|date=8 August 2008|volume=321|issue=5890|pages=800–803|doi=10.1126/science.1158009|url=http://pcss.xmu.edu.cn/old/users/xlu/group/download/modeling_materials.pdf}}</ref> She has developed fast methods for [[orbital-free density functional theory]] (OF-DFT) that can be applied to large numbers of atoms.<ref name="Adarlo"/> She has also developed embedded correlated wavefunction theory for the study of local [[Condensed matter physics|condensed matter]] electronic structure.<ref name="Libisch">{{cite journal|last1=Libisch|first1=Florian|last2=Huang|first2=Chen|last3=Carter|first3=Emily A.|title=Embedded Correlated Wavefunction Schemes: Theory and Applications|journal=Accounts of Chemical Research|date=16 September 2014|volume=47|issue=9|pages=2768–2775|doi=10.1021/ar500086h|url=http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ar500086h|accessdate=26 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="Sharifzadeh">{{cite journal|last1=Sharifzadeh|first1=Sahar|last2=Huang|first2=Patrick|last3=Carter|first3=Emily A.|title=All-electron embedded correlated wavefunction theory for condensed matter electronic structure|journal=Chemical Physics Letters|date=March 2009|volume=470|issue=4-6|pages=347–352|doi=10.1016/j.cplett.2009.01.072}}</ref> This work has relevance to the understanding of photoelectrocatalysis.<ref name="Adarlo"/><ref name="Photoelectrocatalysis">{{cite web|title=Renewable Fuels and Chemicals from Photoelectrocatalysis|url=https://www.chem.wisc.edu/content/hirschfelder-lectures-0|website=University of Wisconsin-Madison|accessdate=26 March 2016}}</ref><eod>