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Christopher Johnson

Postdoctoral Research Scholar

Also affiliated: University of Southern California (1990); California Institute of Technology (1991); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2003); University of Tasmania (2012–2025); British Antarctic Survey (2016); IBM (United States) (2007); University of Arizona (2009–2021); University of Miami (1996); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (1990); University of California, Los Angeles (2010–2015); South Dakota State University (2010); Princeton University (2021–2022); University of Washington (2023); University of Zurich (2021); University of Michigan (2001–2003); AbbVie (United States) (2022); Heriot-Watt University (1977–1995); ETH Zurich (2017–2022); University of Illinois Chicago (1990); IBM Research - Almaden (2007); ExxonMobil (Germany) (1996–2008); Jefferson County Department of Health (2004); Southern Arkansas University Tech (2025); ExxonMobil (France) (2017); University College London (1997–1998); Imperial College London (1998–2016); The Ohio State University (2016); Auburn University (2006); ExxonMobil (United States) (1996–2019)

32 h-index 137 pubs 3,735 cited

  • Ecosystem
  • Symbiosis
  • Insecta
  • Plants
  • Animals
  • Pollination
  • Population Dynamics
  • Biodiversity
  • Models, Biological
  • Flowers
  • Climate Change
  • Temperature
  • Humans
  • Soil Microbiology
  • Competitive Behavior

Biography and Research Information

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Christopher Johnson's research investigates ecological interactions, focusing on how mutualisms and competition influence species coexistence and community dynamics. His work examines the coevolutionary transitions from antagonism to mutualism, drawing on hypotheses such as the Co-Opted Antagonist Hypothesis. Johnson also studies insect responses to climate change, particularly the sensitivity of fitness components across life cycles to temperature variations.

His publications also extend to conservation and rewilding efforts, with studies on the extinction of species like the Tasmanian emu and the potential for reintroduction. Johnson's scholarly output includes 137 publications, with an h-index of 32 and over 3,700 citations. He has collaborated with researchers such as Wayne A. Helmer and S A Shields at Arkansas Tech University.

Metrics

  • h-index: 32
  • Publications: 137
  • Citations: 3,735

Positions

  • Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency 2026–present
    Global Sustainability ORCID
  • Postdoctoral Research Scholar publications 2025
    Arkansas Tech University ORCID
  • Postdoctoral Research Scholar 2022–2026
    University of Basel Environmental Sciences ORCID
  • Research Scientist 2021–2022
    University of Washington Biology ORCID
  • Associate Research Scholar 2019–2020
    Princeton University Ecology and Evolutionary Biology ORCID
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow 2015–2019
    ETH Zurich Institute of Integrative Biology ORCID
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow 2013–2015
    University of Arizona Ecology and Evolutionary Biology ORCID

Selected Publications

  • Rewilding and Indigenous Community‐Led Land Care (2025)
    Conservation Letters 14 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • An Inexpensive Flow-Bench for Mechanical Engineering Labs (2025)
  • They’re on our coat of arms but extinct in Tasmania. Rewilding with emus will be good for the island state’s ecosystems (2023)
  • Temperature Sensitivity of Fitness Components across Life Cycles Drives Insect Responses to Climate Change (2023)
    The American Naturalist 14 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Extinction of the Tasmanian emu and opportunities for rewilding (2022)
    Global Ecology and Conservation 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Competition for pollinators destabilizes plant coexistence (2022)
    Nature 84 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • EpidemiologiCal POpulatioN STudy of SARS-CoV-2 in Lake CounTy, Illinois (CONTACT): Methodology and Baseline Characteristics of a Community-Based Surveillance Study (2022)
    Infectious Diseases and Therapy 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Coevolutionary transitions from antagonism to mutualism explained by the Co-Opted Antagonist Hypothesis (2021)
    Nature Communications 29 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • How mutualisms influence the coexistence of competing species (2021)
    Ecology 30 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Interactions among interactions: The dynamical consequences of antagonism between mutualists (2020)
    Journal of Theoretical Biology 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Asynchronous range shifts drive alpine plant–pollinator interactions and reduce plant fitness (2020)
    Global Change Biology 65 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Evidence for a Locally Thinned Lithosphere Associated with Volcanism at Aramaiti Corona (2019)
    AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts OpenAlex
  • Tectono-sedimentary evolution of a fossil ocean-continent transition: Tasna nappe, central Alps (SE Switzerland) (2019)
    Geological Society of America Bulletin 22 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Contact and slip mechanics between crosslinked hydrogel surfaces using in situ microscopy (2019)
    Bulletin of the American Physical Society OpenAlex
  • Hydrothermal fluid flow associated to the extensional evolution of the Adriatic rifted margin: Insights from the pre‐ to post‐rift sedimentary sequence (SE Switzerland, N ITALY) (2019)
    Basin Research 33 citations DOI OpenAlex

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