MICHAEL DURNAN JOHNSON
EDUCATION
B.S. Applied Mathematics University of Virginia 1979
Ph.D. Physics
University of Virginia 1986
Dissertation: The Bethe ansatz and one-dimensional magnetic systems
Advisor: Michael Fowler
EMPLOYMENT
2008 – present Assistant to the Provost, University of Central Florida
2005 – present Associate Dean, College of Sciences, University of Central Florida
2004 – present Professor, Department of Physics, University of Central Florida
2002 – 2005 Assistant Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Central Florida
1995 – 2004 Associate Professor, Department of Physics, University of Central Florida
1990 – 1995 Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Central Florida
1988 – 1990 Research associate, Department of Physics, Indiana University. Advisors: Steven
Girvin and Allan MacDonald
1986 – 1988 Research associate, Department of Physics and Astronomy and Center for
Computational Sciences, University of Kentucky. Advisor: K.R. Subbaswamy
1985 – 1986 Instructor, Department of Physics, University of Virginia
1979 – 1985 Teaching and research fellowships, University of Virginia
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
• American Physical Society
• Division of Condensed Matter Physics, APS
• Forum on Statistical Mechanics, APS
• American Physical Society, Committee on Careers and Professional Development, 20062008 (chair 2007)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
1. M.D. Johnson and M. Fowler, “Finite temperature excitations of the quantum sineGordon/massive Thirring model: Variation of the soliton mass with coupling constant
and temperature,” Phys. Rev. B 31, 536 (1985).
2. N.N. Chen, M.D. Johnson and M. Fowler, “Classical limit of Bethe ansatz
thermodynamics for the sine-Gordon system,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 56, 904 (1986).
3. M.D. Johnson, K.R. Subbaswamy and G. Senatore, “Hyperpolarizabilities of alkali halide
crystals using the local density approximation,” Phys. Rev. B 36, 9202 (1987).
4. M.D. Johnson and K.R. Subbaswamy, “Nearest-neighbor resonating-valence-bond state
in two dimensions,” Phys. Rev. B 37, 9390 (1988).
5. M.D. Johnson and K.R. Subbaswamy, “Anisotropic hyperpolarizabilities in alkali halide
crystals,” Phys. Rev. B 39, 10275 (1989).
6. M.D. Johnson and G.S. Canright, “Anyons in a magnetic field,” Phys. Rev. B 41, 6870
(1990).
7. M.D. Johnson, M. Fowler, and N.N. Chen, “Coupling constant in classical sine-Gordon
thermodynamics (comment),” Phys. Rev. Lett. 66, 1244 (1991).
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8. M.D. Johnson, C. Gros, and K.J. von Szczepanski, “Geometry-Controlled Conserving
Approximations for the t-J model,” Phys. Rev. B 43, 11207 (1991).
9. M.D. Johnson and A.H. MacDonald, “Composite edges in the ν=2/3 fractional quantum
Hall effect,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 67, 2060 (1991).
10. A.H. MacDonald and M.D. Johnson, “Magnetic oscillations of a fractional Hall dot,”
Phys. Rev. Lett. 70, 3107 (1993).
11. A.H. MacDonald, S.-R.E. Yang, and M.D. Johnson, “Quantum dots in strong magnetic
fields: stability criteria for the maximum density droplet,” Austr. J. Phys. 46, 345 (1993).
12. O. Heinonen and M.D. Johnson, “Mesoscopic transport beyond linear response,” Phys.
Rev. Lett. 71, 1447 (1993).
13. M.D. Johnson and G.S. Canright, “Haldane fractional statistics in the fractional quantum
Hall effect,” Phys. Rev. B 49, 2947 (1994).
14. M.D. Johnson and O. Heinonen, “Nonlinear steady-state mesoscopic transport:
Formalism,” Phys. Rev. B 51, 14421 (1995).
15. O. Heinonen, M.I. Lubin, and M.D. Johnson, “Ensemble density functional theory of the
fractional quantum Hall effect,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 4110 (1995).
16. S.B. Isakov, G.S. Canright, and M.D. Johnson, “Exclusion statistics for fractional
quantum Hall states on a sphere,” Phys. Rev. B 55, 6727 (1997).
17. M.I. Lubin, O. Heinonen, and M.D. Johnson, “Spin ensemble density functional theory
for inhomogeneous quantum Hall systems,” Phys. Rev. B 56, 10373 (1997).
18. O. Heinonen, J.M. Kinaret, and M.D. Johnson, “Ensemble density functional approach to
charge-spin textures in inhomogeneous quantum Hall systems,” Phys. Rev. B 59, 8073
(1999).
19. F. Michael and M.D. Johnson, “Financial market dynamics,” Physica A 320, 525 (2003).
20. M.D. Johnson and G. Vignale, “Dynamics of dissipative quantum Hall edges,” Phys. Rev.
B 67, 205332 (2003) (cond-mat/0303090).
21. F. Michael and M.D. Johnson, “Replacing leads by self-energies using nonequilibrium
Green's functions,” Physica B 339, 31 (2003) (cond-mat/0203574).
22. M.D. Johnson, X. Duan, Brett Riley, Aniket Bhattacharya, Weili Luo, “Thermodynamic
model of electric-field-induced pattern formation in binary dielectric fluids,” Phys. Rev. E
69, 041501 (2004) (cond-mat/0211495).
23. C.J. Efthimiou and M.D. Johnson, “Domino Waves,” SIAM Review 49, 111 (2007).
FUNDING
2008-2009 L. Dieker, E.S. Haciomeroglu, B.J. Jeanpierre, M.D. Johnson, “Mathematics /
Science Module Development,” Marion County Public Schools, $120,000.
1999-2003 M.D. Johnson, “The quantum Hall effect and nonlinear mesoscopic transport,”
National Science Foundation, $186,000 (1999-2002, extended to June 2003)
1996-1999 M.D. Johnson (PI) and O. Heinonen (co-PI), “The quantum Hall effect and
nonlinear mesoscopic transport,” National Science Foundation, $180,000
1993-1996 M.D. Johnson (PI) and O. Heinonen (co-PI), “The quantum Hall effect and
nonlinear mesoscopic transport,” National Science Foundation, $180,000
1998
M.D. Johnson and D.J. Hagan, “Hyperfast optical nonlinearities,” UCF College
and Center/Institute Award, $20,035
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