Rate My Professor William Johnson

William P. Johnson is a Full Professor in the Department of Geology & Geophysics at the University of Utah, where he has been a member of the faculty since 1995. He received his B.A. in Geology from Whitman College in 1983, his M.S. in Geology from Dartmouth College in 1986, and his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Colorado in 1993. Prior to joining the University of Utah, he served as a postdoctoral researcher in the Departments of Hydrology and Chemical Engineering at the University of Arizona.

Dr. Johnson’s research focuses on the physics and chemistry of natural water treatment by filtration in granular aquifers, the fate and transport of trace elements, and the partitioning behavior of organic compounds in aquatic systems. He has been principal investigator on numerous federally funded research grants, primarily from the National Science Foundation, as well as state-funded projects examining the fate and transport of selenium and mercury in the Great Salt Lake and surrounding wetlands. Dr. Johnson serves as a reviewer for more than eighteen environmental science journals and on the Advisory Board for Environmental Science & Technology Letters. He also serves on multiple National Science Foundation panels and the State of Utah Mercury Workgroup.