Patrick Johnson
Assistant Professor of Chemical and Petroleum
EngineeringUniversity of Wyoming College of Engineering and Applied Science Department of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
Education :
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, 2005, Columbia University
M.E. Biomedical Engineering, 1994, University of Virginia
B.S. Chemical Engineering, 1992, Lehigh University
Specialization: Biointerfaces, Nanomaterials, Biosensors, Biomaterials
Biointerfacial Engineering Research Site
Summary of Research Activities
My research focus is to develop technologies to create, characterize, and apply biointerfaces to: generate biosensors for DNA, protein and cell detection; develop biomaterials for tissue regeneration and drug delivery; and develop enzyme immobilization schemes for improved activity in biofuel cells and other immobilized enzyme systems. Biosensors will enable rapid diagnostic screening of patients for pathogenic and genetic diseases, enable rapid, onsite food and water quality testing, and provide early warning of biowarfare agents in military and homeland defense. Understanding of biointerfaces is integral to the design of biomaterial substrates for eliciting responses from living systems for tissue regeneration, the integration of implantable devices and the control of drug delivery.
Selected Publications:
Bae, Y.H., Johnson, P.A., Florek, C., Kohn, J. and Moghe, P.V., Incorporation of oxygen in combinatorially designed polymer substrates can enhance ligand-governed cell adhesion and motility, (accepted ACTA Biomaterialia, March 2006)
Johnson, P.A. and Levicky, R.L., X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Differential Capacitance Study of Thiol-Functional Polysiloxane Films on Gold Supports, Langmuir 20 (22): 9621-9627 (2004).
Johnson, P.A ., Gaspar, M.A. and Levicky, R.L., Polymer-anchored DNA gene monolayers. Journal of the American Chemical Society 126 (32): 9910-9911 (2004).
Johnson, P.A. and Levicky, R.L., Polymercaptosiloxane anchor films for robust immobilization of biomolecules to gold supports. Langmuir 19 (24): 10288-10294, (2003).
