EDUCATION
- 1973 B.S. (Physics), Davidson College (Davidson, N. C.)
- 1977 M.S. (Astronomy), Univ. of Washington (Seattle)
- 1979 Ph.D. (Astronomy), Univ. of Washington (Seattle)
POSITIONS
- 1999-2002 Director, Wyoming Infrared Observatory
- 1994 Assoc. Directeur de Recherché, C.N.R.S., Observatoire
Midi-Pyrénées, Toulouse, France
- 1994 Professeur Invitée, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse,
France
- 1993-present Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy,
University of Wyoming
- 1986-1993 Associate Professor, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University
of Wyoming
- 1981-1986 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University
of Wyoming
- 1980-1981 Senior Research Fellow, United Kingdom Infrared Telescope
Project, Royal Observatory, Edinburgh
- 1979-1980 NASA - National Res. Council Resident Research Assoc., Jet
Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena
CURRENT RESEARCH INTEREST
Detection of Individual Selected Bacteria with a CCD Flow Cytometer.
INSTRUMENTATION
- Management of the design and fabrication of CCD cameras using 7 different
visible CCDs (T.I., Kodak, and Loral) and 1 infrared CCD (Rockwell)
- Design and fabrication of 2 optical and 2 infrared polarimeters
- Design and fabrication of a large-beam mid-infrared photometer
- Design and fabrication of 2 high-throughput visible CCD spectrophotometers
GRANTS FUNDED
P-I on over $3.2 million in federal funding from NASA, NSF, USAF, and
US Dept. of Education since 1981
PATENTS
Two pending patents in the field of Flow Cytometry.
PUBLICATIONS
SIX SELECTED Publications by the Principal Investigator (FROM a total
of 70):
- Johnson, P. & Buttry, D.A., 1997, Flow Cytometric Detection
of Biological
Warfare Agents with a CCD Imager, Scientific Conference on Chemical
and Biological Defense Research, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.
- Barnaby, D., Johnson, P.E, and Spillar, E.J., 1995, Performance
of the Wyoming Infrared Observatory Prime-Focus, Near-Infrared Camera, American
Astronomical Society.
- Johnson, P., Watne, B., Shipman, R., and Cleavlin, C., 1994, Mid-Infrared
Spectropolarimetry as a Remote Sensing Tool, J. Geophys. Res. Planets
99, E10, 21, 121-21, 127.
- Gillam, S., Johnson, P. E., and Smith, M. O., 1992, Design of a
Simple Cassegrain CCD Camera for the Wyoming Infrared Observatory, P.A.S.P.
104, 278-284.
- Spillar, E. J., Johnson, P.E., and Wenz, M., 1990, The Wyoming
Prime-Focus Near-Infrared Camera, Proceedings of SPIE, Instrumentation
in Astronomy VII, 63-68.
- Johnson, P. E., Rieke, G., Lebofsky, M. J., and Kemp, J. C, 1983,
10-micron Polarimetry of Ceres, Icarus 56, 381-392.
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