MIT World Speakers

Kristina M. Johnson

Johnson joined Duke in July 1999. Prior to this, she served on the faculty at the University of Colorado at Boulder, from 1985-1999 as a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and as a co-founder and Director (1993-1997) of the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center for Optoelectronic Computing Systems Center.

Johnson received her B.S. with distinction, M.S. and Ph.D. from Stanford University in Electrical Engineering. She is an expert in liquid crystal electro-optics and has over 40 patents or patents pending in this field. Johnson currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Dycom Industries, Inc., Minerals Technologies, Inc., and Guidant Corporation.