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Paul Johnson is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington, specializing as a geophysicist with a focus on the formation of ocean crust and mid-ocean ridge processes. His research interests include megathrust earthquake generation and the dynamics of subduction zone boundaries. Over the course of his career, he has engaged in extensive fieldwork in the Northeast Pacific, utilizing submersibles and Remotely Operated Vehicles to study the Juan de Fuca Ridge and the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Johnson has also developed unique laboratory tools for sampling fluids and microbial biology from the igneous oceanic crust, measuring heat flow and fluid flux in extreme seafloor environments. He has taught the Oceanography Climate Change course for 19 years and is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.
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