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Divisions, Departments, and Degree Programs .:

Select One Anthropology Division of Biological Sciences Chemistry Communication Studies Computer Science Economics English Environmental Studies Geography Geosciences History Liberal Studies Mathematical Sciences Military Science Modern & Classical Languages & Literatures Native American Studies Philosophy Physics and Astronomy Political Science Psychology Sociology

Additional Programs .:

Select One African American Studies Asian Studies Central and Southwest Asian Studies Program Creative Writing Program Film Studies Human and Family Development Minor Intercultural Youth and Family Development Program (M.A.) Irish Studies Program International Development Studies Latin American Studies Linguistics Non-Profit Administration Minor P.E.A.S Program Pre-Engineering Pre-Law Pre-Medical Sciences Pre-Nursing Religious Studies Wildlife Biology Program Women's and Gender Studies

Projects, Centers and Institutes.:

Select One Avian Science Center Center for Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics Center for Ethics (non strictly CAS, but closely affiliated) Center for Riverine Science Flathead Lake (Yellow Bay) Biological Station (affiliated program) Institute for Medicine and Humanities (not strictly CAS, but closely affiliated) Multicultural Learning Solutions Paleontology Center Stella Duncan Memorial Research Institute Shafizadeh Rocky Mountain Center for Wood and Carbohydrate Chemistry The Writing Center

Contact: Dean Chris Comer
LA 136, Missoula, MT 59812
Telephone: 243-2632
Fax: 406-243-4076

Office Location: 417 Social Science
Office Telephone: 406-243-2356
E-mail: johnson@cs.umt.edu
Website: http://meid.dbs.umt.edu/meidParticipants/generalBio/jesseJohnson.php
Curriculum Vita: View/Download CV

Office Hours:

MWF 10-11 AM, Social Science 417

Research Interests:

Glaciology, Infectious disease.

Courses:

Computer Science 477/577 - Computer Simulation and Modeling

Education:

1994 University of Minnesota, BS, Phyics

2002 University of Maine, Orono PhD, Physics

2003 University of Maine, Orono MS, Computer Science

Teaching Experience:

I have taught:

• Data Structures
• Computer Architectures
• Computer Graphics
• Data Visualization
• Computer Simulation and Modeling
• Statistical, Dynamical, and Computational Models
• Mathematics and Physics at the high school level

Selected Publications:

J. V. Johnson and J.W. Staiger (2007), “Modeling Long-term Stability of the
Ferrar Glacier, East Antarctica: Implications for Interpreting Cosmogenic Nucli-
de Inheritance”, Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, F03S30 doi:10.1029/2006JF000599

Christopher M. Little, Michael Oppenheimer, Richard B. Alley, Venkatramani
Bala ji, Garry K.C. Clarke, Tom L. Delworth, Robert Hallberg, David M. Hol-
land, Christina L. Hulbe, Stan Jacobs, Jesse V. Johnson, Hiram Levy, William
H. Lipscomb, Shawn J. Marshall, Byron R. Parizek, Antony J. Payne, Gavin A.
Schmidt, Ronald J. Stou?er, David G. Vaughan, Michael Winton “Towards a
new generation of ice sheet models” EOS, In Review

Staiger, J.W., Gosse, J.C., Little, E.C., Utting, D.J., Finkel, R., Johnson, J.V.,
Fastook, J. (2006) “Glacial Erosion and Sediment Dispersion from Detrital Cos-
mogenic Nuclide Analyses of Till” Quaternary Geochronology 1(1): 29-42

J. W. Staiger, J. C. Gosse, R. Toracinta, R. Oglesby, J. L. Fastook, J.V. John-
son (2006) “Atmospheric scaling of cosmogenic nuclide production: the climate
e?ect.”, Journal of Geophysical Research 112(B2), B02205 doi: 10.1029/2005JB003811

Staiger, J.W., Gosse J.C, Johnson, J.V., Fastook J., Gray J.T., Stockli D.F.,
Stockli L., and Finkel R.“Relief generation by polythermal glacier ice” Earth
Surface Processes and Landforms (2005) 30 (9): 1145-1159

Staiger, J.W., Marchant, D.R., Oberholzer, P., Schaefer, J.M., Johnson, J.V.,
Lewis, A.R. “Late Miocene-Pleistocene history of Ferrar Glacier, Antarctica:
Implications for climate and ice sheet stability”, Earth and Planetary Science
Letters (2005) 243 (3-4): 489–503

Johnson, J.V., Prescott P.R. and Hughes T.H. “Ice dynamics preceding ca-
tastrophic disintegration of the ?oating part of Jababshavn Isbræ”, Journal of
Glaciology (2004) 50 (171): 492-504

Naslund, J.O., P. Jansson, J.L. Fastook, and J. Johnson, (2004) “Modeling
ice-sheet basal meltwater production using realistic geothermal heat ?ow data”,
Annals of Glaciology (40) 047

Johnson, J.V. and Fastook, J.L. (2002) “Northern Hemisphere glaciation and
its sensitivity to basal melt water.”Quaternary International. (95), 65-74
 

Specialized Skills:

Director,

Montana State Science Fair

International Experience:

United States Peace Corps volunteer 1994-1996 in Malawi, Central Africa.