Bio

Prof. Theresa Johnson has a BS in Science, Technology and Society and an MS and PhD in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford University. She’s been published in the fields of robotics, machine learning and plasma physics.

After her PhD, she joined Airbnb as a Data Scientist where she focused on supply growth and quality using natural language processing, image recognition and AI. She transitioned to Product Manager where she led multiple cross-functional teams focused on core processing micro-services, blockchain and infusing AI to create delightful user experiences.

Prof. Johnson is the lecturer for MS&E 165: Introduction to Product Management in winter quarter.

Theresa also angel invests in AI/ML technology platforms and consumer marketplaces. She cares deeply about advancing the careers of women in technology.

Theresa lives in Bernal Heights, San Francisco with her husband, two daughters, her rescued catahoula hound, Amelie, and rescued bunnies, Bill and Jessi.

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  • Detection of electromagnetic pulses produced by hypervelocity micro particle impact plasmas PHYSICS OF PLASMAS Close, S., Linscott, I., Lee, N., Johnson, T., Strauss, D., Goel, A., Fletcher, A., Lauben, D., Srama, R., Mocker, A., Bugiel, S. 2013; 20 (9)

    View details for DOI 10.1063/1.4819777

    View details for Web of Science ID 000325399400004

  • Theory and experiments characterizing hypervelocity impact plasmas on biased spacecraft materials PHYSICS OF PLASMAS Lee, N., Close, S., Goel, A., Lauben, D., Linscott, I., Johnson, T., Strauss, D., Bugiel, S., Mocker, A., Srama, R. 2013; 20 (3)

    View details for DOI 10.1063/1.4794331

    View details for Web of Science ID 000317295200050

  • A LINEAR TOF MASS SPECTROMETER AS A TOOL FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF IMPACT IONISATION PLASMA Mocker, A., Hornung, K., Sternovsky, Z., Kempf, S., Johnson, T., Gruen, E., Srama, R., Elert, M. L., Buttler, W. T., Borg, J. P., Jordan, J. L., Vogler, T. J. AMER INST PHYSICS. 2012

    View details for DOI 10.1063/1.3686413

    View details for Web of Science ID 000302774300201

  • Critic, Compatriot, or Chump?: Responses to Robot Blame Attribution Groom, V., Chen, J., Johnson, T., Kara, F., Nass, C., IEEE IEEE. 2010: 211–17

    View details for DOI 10.1145/1734454.1734545

    View details for Web of Science ID 000394675400078