Neil F. Johnson

Neil Johnson
Born	1961 Southend, Essex, UK
Residence	United States
Nationality	British
Fields	Physicist
Institutions	University of Oxford University of Miami Universidad de Los Andes University of Cambridge
Alma mater	University of Cambridge Harvard University
Doctoral advisor	Henry Ehrenreich
Doctoral students	Alexandra Olaya-Castro Francesca Fassioli Olsen Chiu Fan Lee
Other notable students	Adrian P. Flitney
Known for	Complex systems
Notable awards	Kennedy Scholarship

Neil Fraser Johnson (born 1961, Southend, Essex, UK) is a Professor of physics notable for his work in complexity theory and complex systems, spanning quantum information, econophysics, and condensed matter physics. He is also notable for his book Financial Market Complexity published by Oxford University Press, and for his research in insurgent and Fourth generation warfare. He presented the Royal Institution Christmas Lecture "Arrows of time" on BBC TV in 1999.

He received his MA from St. John's College, Cambridge, University of Cambridge and then received his PhD as a Kennedy Scholar in 1989 from Harvard University, under Henry Ehrenreich, for a thesis entitled: Electronic Structure and Optical Properties of III-V and II-VI Semiconductor Superlattices.

He was first appointed as a Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge, then as a Professor at the Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota. In 1992, he was appointed Professor at the University of Oxford and then in 2007 he was appointed Professor of Physics at the University of Miami, Florida.