Owen M. Johnson

Email: johnow01@utexas.edu | Curriculum Vitae

Research Project

• Temporal evolution of nanostructures within ionic liquids

Education

• (2022 – Present) PhD, Mechanical Engineering | The University of Texas at Austin
• (2018 – 2022) BA, Physics (major), Math (minor) | Luther College

Awards

• MRSEC Center for Dynamics and Control of Materials RET program outstanding mentor award (2023)
• Rossing Scholarship in Physics (2021-2022)

Peer Reviewed Published Work

Johnson, O. M., & Mangolini, F. (2024). Effect of Camera Parallax Angle on the Accuracy of Static Contact Angle Measurements. Langmuir, 40(10), 5090-5097.

Johnson, O. M., Kirsch, L. J., & Mangolini, F. (2025). Probing the interfacial structure and ion mobility in structurally-related ionic liquids via dynamic wetting measurements. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 138281.

D. B. Jacobs, A. Pradhan, O. Johnson, … & F. Mangolini. (2025). The surface-topography challenge: A multi-laboratory benchmark study to advance the characterization of topography. Tribology Letters, 73(3), 110.

Manuscripts Under Review

Zheng, A. Swain, K. Nquyen, M. Nouri, P. Phaneesh, O. Johnson, F. Mangolini, “Optothermal Bubble Etch Lithography”, Science Advances, Submitted, 2025.

Non-Academic Published Work

Fahrenkamp, O. Johnson, E. Falter, “Hot Wheels, Cloud Chambers, and 3D Printing: A Hands-On Approach to Chapter Meetings”, The SPS Observer, Winter 2021, p.21.