Amy J. Wagoner Johnson,
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering
Professor Wagoner Johnson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering (MechSE) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a current Chair of Excellence with the NanoScience Foundation (Grenoble, France). Her research focuses on biomaterials and biomechanics, including soft tissues and synthetic polymers, and microstructural cues in CaP-based materials for bone regeneration. She received her BS in Materials Science and Engineering from The Ohio State University in 1996, and PhD in Engineering from Brown University in 2002 with major in materials science and minors in solid mechanics and applied math. She joined University of Illinois in 2001 as research faculty, began as an Assistant Professor in 2005, and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2012. She received the Arnold O. Beckman Research Award at the University of Illinois for “projects of special distinction” in 2011 and the Alice Jee Memorial Award in 2008. She has received a number of awards for advising at Illinois including the Campus Award for Guiding Undergraduate Research in 2013, and the Engineering Council Award for Excellence in Advising in 2009 and 2012. She is currently a part-time faculty member of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, and has affiliations with the Department of Bioengineering, and Institute for Genomic Biology, where she is a Core Member of the Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering Theme.
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