Eric Johnson's Biography

Eric Johnson, Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin

Eric Johnson received his B.S. in 1976 and M.S. in 1978 from the University of California at Davis in Microbiology. He received his Sc.D. in Biotechnology from M.I.T. in 1983, and studied as a postdoctoral research associate at Harvard Medical School from 1983-1985 under the direction of Professor E. C. C. Lin. Since 1985, Eric has been a Professor in the Department of Bacteriology at the University of Wisconsin. His research program involves the study of the toxigenic sporeformer Clostridium botulinum and its potent neurotoxins, and the development of botulinum toxin as a pharmaceutical. He has developed cell-based methods for basic research and detection of botulinum neurotoxins. He has published more than 160 peer-reviewed papers and 40 chapters in microbiology, toxicology, and biotechnology, with a focus on botulinum neurotoxins.