Personal profile
Research Interests
Fire Dynamics; Dynamic Response of Large Ice Masses to Climate Forcing; Use of Mathematical Tools to Move from the Continuous to the Discrete; Optimization; In-Situ, Remote Sensed and Model Generated Data Sets
Teaching Experience
I have taught:
- C++
- A First Couse in FInite Elements
- Data Structures
- Computer Modeling for Science Majors
- Introduction to Computer Science
- Computer Architectures
- Computer Graphics
- Data Visualization
- Programming Languages
- Computer Simulation and Modeling
- Internet of Things
- Statistical, Dynamical, and Computational Models
- Mathematics and physics at the high school level, taught to students whos first language is not English
Education/Academic qualification
Master, Computer Science, University of Maine
Doctorate, Physics, University of Maine
Bachelor, Physics, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 14 Life Below Water -
SDG 15 Life on Land
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Investigating the Impact of Aerial Firefighting on Rate of Wildfire Spread
Wiard-Greene, L., Johnson, J., Hogland, J., Bunt, F. & Bova, J., Jan 2026, In: Fire. 9, 1, 2.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Wildfires have created instability within risk transfer markets. Here’s a path forward
Thompson, M. P., Calkin, D. E., MacGregor, D. M., Young, B. A., Barrett, K., Fischer, E. C. & Johnson, J. V., Nov 18 2025, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 122, 46, e2530050122.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate
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Application of LiDAR Derived Fuel Cells to Wildfire Modeling at Laboratory Scale
Marcozzi, A. A., Johnson, J. V., Parsons, R. A., Flanary, S. J., Seielstad, C. A. & Downs, J. Z., Oct 2023, In: Fire. 6, 10, 394.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access12 Scopus citations -
Deep learning estimation of northern hemisphere soil freeze-thaw dynamics using satellite multi-frequency microwave brightness temperature observations
Donahue, K., Kimball, J. S., Du, J., Bunt, F., Colliander, A., Moghaddam, M., Johnson, J., Kim, Y. & Rawlins, M. A., 2023, In: Frontiers in Big Data. 6, 1243559.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A rapidly retreating, marine-terminating glacier's modeled response to perturbations in basal traction
Downs, J. & Johnson, J. V., Oct 8 2022, In: Journal of Glaciology. 68, 271, p. 891-900 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access7 Scopus citations