Johnson elected Fellow of the Geological Society of America
Scott Johnson, Professor of Tectonics and Structural Geology in the UMaine Department of Earth Sciences, has been elected Fellow of the Geological Society of America (GSA) for his outstanding research, teaching and service contributions to the broad ?eld of Earth Sciences. The status of Fellow is given to only about 2 percent of the GSA’s members (total membership approximately 22,000) and is the highest member-generated honor of the society. Johnson joined the UMaine faculty in 2000, and holds a bachelor’s degree in geology from the University of New Mexico and a Ph. D. is structural geology from James Cook University, Australia. His broad research program includes the study of seismically active faults, physical processes of volcanism and magma migration, and materials science as applied to Earth deformation. He has published more than 150 research articles, 65 in leading peer-reviewed journals. Since arriving at UMaine, Johnson has attracted more than $2.3 million in grant funding, mainly from the National Science Foundation, and has served as thesis committee chair for 10 graduate (7 doctoral and 3 masters) and 5 undergraduate students.