Dr. Megan Johnson
Ph.D., University at Buffalo, SUNY
M.A., University at Buffalo, SUNY
B.S., University of Wisconsin - Madison
Office Hours
- Tuesday: 10:00-11:00am
- Wednesday: 1:00-2:00pm
- Thursday: 10:00-11:00am
- Friday: 9:00-10:00am
- or by appointment
Teaching Interests
Data Science, Statistics, Probability, Computer Programming
Research Interests
Applied statistics, machine learning, topological data analysis, and scientific computing, with applications to urban systems, data visualization, and interpretable AI.
Awards and Honors
- Research Excellence Award, Department of Computer and Information Science, SUNY Fredonia (2026).
- Kraus Conversations in the Discipline Award - Co PI, SUNY Fredonia (2025).
- Project NExT Fellow: Blue (Azure) ’24 Cohort, Mathematical Association of America (2024).
- Harpur College Teaching Award, Honorable Mention, Harpur College, Binghamton University (2023).
- Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, Department of Mathematics, University at Buffalo (2020).
- Graduate Student Teaching Award, Department of Mathematics, University at Buffalo (2016).
Professional Membership
- Mathematical Association of America
- American Mathematical Society
- Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
- Association for Women in Mathematics
Intellectual Contributions
- "Instability of the Betti Sequence for Persistent Homology and a Stabilized Version of the Betti Sequence," Journal of the Korean Society for Industrial and Applied Math (2021).