
Graham W. Johnson, MD PhD
Principal Investigator
Graham W. Johnson is an MD PhD neurosurgeon in training at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and head of the Brain State Laboratory. His background is in electrical engineering and biochemistry, and he worked at Medtronic and Honeywell on digital signal processing. His interests are in advancing the field of neuromodulation through brain state foundation model development and the exploration of high dimensional brain states, to change how we treat people with neurologic and psychiatric disease.
Training
- Neurological Surgery Residency — Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN · 2024–2031
Education
- MD — Vanderbilt University School of Medicine · 2017–2024
- PhD, Biomedical Engineering — Vanderbilt University · 2019–2023
Advanced Structural and Functional Network Applications to Improve Neurosurgical Treatment of Epilepsy - BS Electrical Engineering and BS Biochemistry — University of Wisconsin–Madison · 2011–2015
Graduated with Highest Distinction · Tau Beta Pi
Industry
- Electrical Engineer — Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN · 2016–2017
- Electrical Engineer — Honeywell, Plymouth, MN · 2013