Matthew Johnson
Professor
Faculty of Engineering and Design
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Clusters:
Climate change
Ottawa, Ontario
matthew.johnson@carleton.ca
Office:
(613) 520-2600 ext. 4039
Expert In
Mitigating methane emissions
Mitigating black carbon emissions
Air pollution
Emission mitigation policies
Energy systems
Fugitive emissions
Gas flaring
Greenhouse gas emissions
Gas industry emissions
Aerial quantification of methane emissions
Quantification of gas flaring emissions
Mitigation of gas flaring emissions
Methane regulations
Methane standards
Methane detection
Greenhouse gas mitigation in upstream energy sector
Oil industry emissions
Bio/Research
Johnson heads the internationally renowned Energy & Emissions Research Laboratory (EERL). A two-time winner of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council’s (NSERC) prestigious accelerator award, Prof. Johnson has worked extensively to translate peer-reviewed research results into prac...
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Bio/Research
Johnson heads the internationally renowned Energy & Emissions Research Laboratory (EERL). A two-time winner of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council’s (NSERC) prestigious accelerator award, Prof. Johnson has worked extensively to translate peer-reviewed research results into practice. His EERL combines advanced experimentation, simulation, and statistical analysis in both large-scale controlled lab experiments and field work and employs a suite of advanced optical diagnostics, analytic tools, and experimental capabilities, unparalleled in Canada. As of 2024, EERL has successfully completed field measurement studies on four continents with research contributions that include comprehensive protocols for creating measurement-based methane inventories, novel “VentX” technology for quantifying unsteady methane flows, “sky-LOSA” technology for measuring black carbon emissions from flares, techno-economic analysis of methane mitigation potential, and quantitative analysis of regulatory equivalency. His work underpins Canada’s National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report, has been incorporated in provincial and federal standards and regulations, and is regularly cited in international methane and black carbon mitigation efforts.
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Links
Media Appearances
Johnson discusses how getting tough on methane could reduce global warming, The Narwhal, October 21, 2021
Johnson discusses the importance of accurately measuring methane emissions in the oil and gas sectors, CBC, April 15, 2021
Johnson speaks to the CBC about his study on proposed methane regulations, CBC, March 16, 2020