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Brandon Johnson is a Professor at Purdue University in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences. He completed his PhD in Physics in 2013 at Purdue University and holds a BS in Physics from Michigan Technological University, earned in 2009. His research primarily focuses on impact cratering, which is recognized as a fundamental geological process throughout the solar system. Johnson studies how planets, moons, and asteroids formed through a series of mergers and collisions, with particular emphasis on the early evolution of planetary surfaces shaped by later impacts. In addition to impact cratering, his research interests include geophysics and processes that modify planetary surfaces, as well as the dynamics of long-runout landslides and earthquakes, the behavior of early solar system meteorites, comet breakup, crater erasure, and the lunar gravity field. Johnson's contributions to the field have been recognized through various awards, including the Ronald Greeley Early Career Award in Planetary Science from the AGU in 2018, and the Lark-Horovitz Award for outstanding research in physics from Purdue University in 2013.
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