Brain State Laboratory

People

Portrait of Graham W. Johnson, MD PhD

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

Members

The laboratory is newly established. Members will be listed here as the group grows.