Research Highlights
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Paul Johnson
Geophysicist & Artist
Primary Research
- Nonlinear and Disordered Systems
- Seismic Strong Ground Motion
- General Acoustics
- Rock Physics
- Acoustical Nondestructive Testing of Materials
- Earthquake Source Mechanics
- Time Reverse Acoustics in Solids
Contact
 - 505-667-8936 - Phone
- 505-667-8487 - FAX
Honors & Activities
- Board of Editors of Wave Motion
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Poste Rouge Fellow, University Paris VI, Fall 2007
- Los Alamos Laboratory Fellow
- Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America
- LDRD DR Review Committee (FY 2003-2006)
- Nine-time organizer of the International Workshop on Nonlinear Elasticity in Materials (IWNEM)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Poste Rouge Fellow, University Paris VI, fall 2006
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Poste Rouge Fellow, September-December, U. Paris VI & U. Marne La Vallée, Fall 2005 (4 months)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Poste Rouge Fellow, University de Marne La Vallée, France, Fall 2003
- Steering Committee Member International Symposia on Nonlinear Acoustics (ISNA)
- Visiting Professor, Universite Paris VI, Spring 2002
- Visiting Professor, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Spring 2001
- Fulbright Scholar to France, 1999-2000
- Los Alamos National Laboratory Scientific Achievement Award
Patents
- Johnson, P. A., K. Van Den Abeele, J. TenCate, and R. Guyer, Resonant Nonlinear Ultrasound Spectroscopy, US Patent Number 6,330,827, Dec 18, 2001.
- Roberts, P. M., M. C. Fehler, P. A. Johnson, and W. S. Phillips, Active doublet method for measuring small changes in physical properties, US Patent Number 5,369,997, Dec 6, 1994.
- Patent being processed by LANL: Nonlinear Characterization of Material Changes, Paul A. Johnson, Thomas J. Shankland
- Patent being processed by LANL: Method For Borehole Quality Characterization, Paul A. Johnson, Thomas J. Shankland, Katherine McCall, Robert A. Guyer
Education
- Ph.D., Solid Mechanics (with highest honors), La Sorbonne, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6), 1997
- M.S., Geophysics, University of Arizona, 1984
- B.S., Geology, University of New Mexico, 1978
Affiliations
Experience
- 1990 - present: Project Lead, Nonlinear Elasticity Team
- 1984 - present: Senior Technical Staff Member, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Geophysics Group (EES- 11)
- 1990 - 1998: Project Leader, Nonlinear Elasticity Group
- 1982 - 1984: Graduate Research, University of Arizona
- 1981: Research Assistant, Los Alamos National Laboratory, ESS -2
- 1979-1980: Research Assistant, Los Alamos National Laboratory, ESS-2
- 1978: Field Geologist, Wyoming and Colorado, Freeport Exploration Company
- 1977: Field Geologist, southeast Alaska, Exxon
- 1976: Research Assistant, Los Alamos National Laboratory
- 1975: Research Assistant, University of New Mexico
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