How to reach me

I’ve recently moved from the Carnegie Institution for Science in Stanford, California, USA to the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, USA. Going forward, my primary affiliation will be with University of Kansas, but I will maintain collaborations with colleagues at Carnegie. You can reach me through either institution.

The institution I moved from, Carnegie’s Department of Global Ecology, is a unique place. Here are some FAQs:

  • For the time being, you can continue to reach me at my Carnegie email address: jjohnson@carnegiescience.edu.

  • Carnegie is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization. Andrew Carnegie founded Carnegie in 1902 to advance scientific research and understanding in the United States. He intended for the Institution to seek out exceptional scientists and provide them with a flexible environment and the financial independence to pursue their own research initiatives.

  • On July 1, 2002, Global Ecology became the first new Carnegie Department in more than 80 years, with my mentors Chris Field and Joe Berry as its founding members. Global Ecology is a new discipline, based on technologies and concepts that make it possible to study ecological processes and mechanisms at a continuum of spatial scales, up to the scale of the entire planet.

  • The Department of Global Ecology is co-located with Carnegie's Department of Plant Biology on the campus of Stanford University. Carnegie and Stanford students cycle through classes, labs, lectures and events hosted by the institution as well as the university.

In August 2024, I started at the University of Kansas’ Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology. Here are some FAQs:

  • My contact details at University of Kansas are:

    Title: Assistant Professor of Plant Ecophysiology

    Mail: University of Kansas | 1200 Sunnyside Ave., Lawrence, KS 66045

    Office: Haworth 7016 | Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

    Email: jejohnson@ku.edu

  • The University of Kansas (KU) is the flagship public university in the state of Kansas. It is classified as "R1 - Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity” in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. It is also a member of the Association of American Universities.

  • KU Ecology & Evolutionary Biology (EEB) is one of the largest and most productive Departments in the field. The faculty in this unit study the breadth of ecology and evolutionary biology, from the gene to the ecosystem. They also support a globally-recognized graduate program that offers PhD and MA degrees, as well as an undergraduate program that offers BS and BA degrees.

  • For an ecologist, Kansas is a fascinating place to live because it spans the humid/arid climates of eastern/western North America, and the biology of the region is structured by this climatic gradient. KU EEB is also a supportive place to work because the unit is committed to an open, diverse, and inclusive environment that nurtures the growth and development of all of its members. More generally, the Lawrence area is appealing because it combines a progressive atmosphere with a relaxed, small-town feel.