Philip Johnson
Title: Assistant Professor
Address: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Room 266 Food
Innovation Center, 1901 North 21st Street, Lincoln,
Nebraska, USA
Tel: 001-402-4722278
Email:philip.johnson@unl.edu
Education Background:
1999 Ph.D., Plant biochemistry, John Innes Centre, UK
1995 B.Sc., Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Durham University, UK
Working Experiences:
2015-present Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science and Technology,
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA
2012-2015 Senior Research Associate, School of Medical Sciences, University of
Manchester, UK
2005-2012 Research Associate, Institute of Food Research, UK
1999-2005 Research Associate, John Innes Centre, UK
Research Interests:
My lab focusses on the protein chemistry of food allergens, and on the mechanisms by which proteins enter the human body to sensitize and elicit symptoms. The primary tool we use in these studies is protein mass spectrometry. Particular areas of interest are the detection of food allergens using mass spectrometry, protein transport across gut epithelia, predicting allergenic risk caused by novel foods (especially food insects) and the analytical control of allergen-containing biopharmaceuticals.