Johnson was born and in Oakland, California in 1954 and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area.
We are excited by the prospect of expanding the role of contemporary physical chemistry to address the mechanisms of complex synthetic pathways at the molecular level. To accomplish this, we blend together multi-dimensional laser spectroscopies, reaction dynamics, and cryogenic ion chemistry to create a central role for P-chem in the wider chemical community. Most recently, this endeavor involves integration of bioanalytical methodology to access transient species in solution, an advance that dramatically expands the scope of chemistry we can address.