Dan Johnson, PhD

  • Johnson, D. L., Present, T. M., Li, M., Shen, Y. & Adkins, J. F, 2021. Carbonate associated sulfate (CAS) δ34S heterogeneity across the End-Permian Mass Extinction in South China.​ Earth and Planetary Science Letters 574, 117172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117172
  • Johnson, D.L., Grossman, E.L., Webb, S.M., Adkins, J.F., 2020. Brachiopod δ34SCAS microanalyses indicate a dynamic, climate-influenced Permo-Carboniferous sulfur cycle. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 546, 116428. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116428         
  • Y. Rosenthal, A.E. Holbourn, D.K. Kulhanek, the Expedition 363 Scientists. Western Pacific warm Pool. Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program, 363, International Ocean Discovery Program, College Station, TX (2018), 10.14379/iodp.proc.363.2018
  • Pearson, P.N., IODP Expedition 363 Shipboard Scientific Party, 2018. A deep-sea agglutinated foraminifer tube constructed with planktonic foraminifer shells of a single species. Journal of Micropalaeontology 37, 97–104. https://doi.org/10.5194/jm-37-97-2018   

Johnson, D. L., Chau, T. H., Chesson, L. A., and Berg, G. E. (2023). ​Should tooth enamel be baked overnight prior to carbonate isotopic analysis?. Advances in Stable Isotope Techniques and Applications (ASITA) conference, Ottawa.

Johnson, D. L., Present, T. M., Li, M., Shen, Y. and Adkins, J. F (2021). ​​Carbonate associated sulfate (CAS) δ34S heterogeneity across the End-Permian Mass Extinction in South China suggests frequent oscillations in sedimentary redox. AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans.

Johnson, D. L., Gutierrez, M., Present, T. M., Peerthum, Y., Marquez, R. T., and Adkins, J. F. (2020). Sedimentary Sulfur Cycling in Deep Ocean Oxygenated Settings. The Weizmann-Caltech Symposium on The Carbon Cycle, Rehovot.   

Johnson, D. L., Gutierrez, M., Present, T. M., Peerthum, Y., Marquez, R. T., and Adkins, J. F. (2019). Sedimentary Sulfur Cycling in Deep Ocean Oxygenated Settings. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco.   Present, T. M., Goldberg, S. L., Kast, E., Bergmann, K., Finnegan, S., Rae, J. W. B., Burke, A., 

Johnson, D. L., Fike, D. A., Fischer, W. W. and Cummins, R. (2019). Stability of Upper Ordovician to middle Silurian marine sulfur isotopes recorded in brachiopod carbonate-associated sulfate. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco.  

Johnson,D. L., Gutierrez, M., Present, T. M., and Adkins, J. F. (2019). Sedimentary Sulfur Cycling in Deep Ocean Oxygenated Settings: Expedition 363 & Beyond. IODP Expedition 363 Science Meeting, Qingdao.  

Johnson,D. L., Grossman, E.L., Webb, S. M., and Adkins, J. F. (2019). Single-brachiopod δ34SCAS Indicates a Dynamic, Climatically-Influenced Permo-Carboniferous S Cycle. Southern California Geobiology Symposium, Pasadena.  

Adkins, J. F., Johnson, D. L., and Grossman, E. L. (2018). The Sulfur Isotope Composition of Single-brachiopods and Modern Pore Waters to Constrain the Permo-Carboniferous S cycle. AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C..  

Gutierrez, M., Johnson,D. L.,  Present, T.M., and Adkins, J. F. (2018). Sedimentary Sulfur Cycling in Oxygenated Deep Ocean Settings. Goldschmidt Conference, Boston.    

Johnson,D. L., Grossman, E.L., Webb, S. M., and Adkins, J. F. (2018). Single-brachiopod δ34SCAS Indicates a Dynamic, Climatically-Influenced Permo-Carboniferous S Cycle. Goldschmidt Conference, Boston.  

Johnson,D. L.,  Present, T. M., Fischer, W. W., Webb, S. M., and Adkins, J. F. (2015). Exploring Biogenic Carbonates as Records of the Ancient Sulfur Cycle: A Case Study of Isotelus Trilobites and Brachiopods from Anticosti Island, Quebec. Gordon Research Conference (Geobiology), Galveston.  

Johnson,D. L.,  Fike,  D. A.,  and  Rose,  C. V. (2014).  Evaluating  the  Effects of Sediment Reworking on the Sulfur Isotopic Composition of Aqueous and Mineral Sulfides. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco.  

Johnson, D. L., Pierce, E. L., Williams, T. J., Hemming, S. R., van de Flierdt, T., Roy, M., Torfstein, A., and Gombiner, J. (2012). Argon Concentrations of Fine-Grained Marine Sediments near Wilkes Land, Antarctica: Source Characterization and Implications for Ice Sheet Behavior during the Middle Miocene. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco.   Duchesne, A. E., Pierce, E. L., Williams, T., Hemming, S. R., 

Johnson, D. L., May, T., Gombiner, J., and Torfstein, A. (2012). K/Ar Dating of Fine Grained Sediments Near Prydz Bay, Antarctica: East Antarctic Ice Sheet Behavior During the Middle-Miocene Climate Transition. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco.

Teaching & Mentoring Experience

Research Mentor                                                                                                                                 
Mentor to Caltech undergraduate Yashna Peerthum (Spring & Summer 2019) 
Mentor to Caltech undergraduate Melissa Gutierrez (Summer & Fall 2018)    

Graduate Teaching Assistant                                                                                                             
Ge 155: Paleoceanography (taught by Dr. Jess F. Adkins), Winter 2019 
Ge 101: Introduction to Geology and Geochemistry (taught by Dr. Kenneth A. Farley), Fall 2017
 Ge 140a: Stable Isotope Geochemistry (taught by Dr. John M. Eiler), Winter 2017 
Ge 1: Earth and Environment (taught by Dr. Paul D. Asimow), Spring 2016    

Caltech Y RISE Program
Tutor (2015 – 2016)    

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant                                                                                                                
EPS 323: Biogeochemistry (taught by Dr. Alex Bradley), Spring 2014

Educational Outreach & Professional Development

Caltech Project for Effective Teaching (CPET)                                                                                                         
Completed Caltech Project for Effective Teaching (CPET) Certificate of Interest in University Teaching (2018-2019)                       
Caltech Science for March                                                                                                                                             
Assisted with event planning and preparation (2018)
Presented an ocean acidification outreach demonstration (2019)    

Caltech Graduate Student Council (GSC)                                                                                                                                      
Led organization as Chair (Nov. 2017 – May 2018)
Served as Treasurer (Jun. 2016 – May 2017) and Vice Chair (Jun. 2017 – Nov. 2017)
Organized biannual Graduate Student-Faculty Colloquium as one of four co-chairs  (Feb. 2018)

Public Talks

Johnson,D. L., Grossman, E.L., Webb, S. M., and Adkins, J. F. (2019). How an Ancient Ice Age Helped Enable Modern Global Warming. Caltech Reunion Weekend + Seminar Day Graduate Research Spotlight, Pasadena.

Popular Science Articles

Blog for the general public talking about my experiences on IODP Expedition 363

General science article written for the Caltech Letters science outreach website