Science of Diversity » Norman L. Johnson
Norman L. Johnson is Project Manager of a highly successful industrial collaboration within the Theoretical Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory. His academic training is in rheology and polymer physics. His research and more than 50 publications cover a breadth of interests, including multiphase flows, inertially confined fusion, combustion modeling, self-organizing knowledge creation, diversity in collective systems, and developmental theories of evolution. Since September 11, 2001, he has integrated his diverse interests to address the national need for a response to biological and other threats.
Johnson is also founder of the Symbiotic Intelligence Project, which is an investigation into the combination of the unique abilities of the Internet and human problem-solving to create a capability greater than the sum of the parts. He is the recipient of a variety of honors, including a Department of Energy Award of Excellence in 1996 and a LANL Distinguished Performance Award in 2000.
As a widely sought speaker, Johnson supplies fresh perspectives to our rapidly changing global environment while demonstrating the advantages of diversity in solving complex problems.
