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John Christian

GaTech InstructorAcademic leadership · teaches

john.a.christian@gatech.edu

Compensation history

YearTitleCategoryOrganizationSalaryTravel
FY2025ASSOC DEPT CHAIR/DIR/HD ACExecutive & LeadershipGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$186,577$13,536
FY2024RESEARCHER ACResearchGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$4,725
FY2024ASSOCIATE PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$173,636$6,419
FY2023ASSOCIATE PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$162,660$7,475
FY2023RESEARCHER ACResearchGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$65,209$1,244
FY2022POST DOCTORAL ASSOCIATE ACResearchGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$53,692$2,011
FY2022ASSOCIATE PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$154,533

The faded dashed line is the median salary for the same normalized title at the same institution that year (a same-rank peer benchmark; the salary source has no department). Shown only for years with more than one holder of the title.

Research output

Scholarly record from OpenAlex, publishing since 1959. Author matched by name; metrics are indicative. ORCID 0000-0002-9522-5784.

h-index
27
Citations
2.8K
Works
162
Works FY15–25
93
Publications and citations by year
047111418064.2128.4192.6256.8321WorksCitations20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Works (bars, left axis)Citations received (line, right axis)

Patents

No patent data with this person as a named inventor was found. (Assignee-attributed EPO OPS patents matched to faculty by name; an absence here is not proof of none.)

Federal grants acquired

Public NIH + NSF awards where this person is the lead/contact PI, FY20232023. A defensible lower bound — co-PI, non-federal, and unmatched awards are not counted.

Total federal
$361.8K
NIH
$0
NSF
$361.8K
Awards
1
$325.6K$340.1K$354.5K$369K$383.5K$398KFY2023

Career history

Prior positions and education from ORCID (self-reported). Academic history is well covered; corporate and founder roles are often omitted, so their absence isn’t evidence they don’t exist.

2021Position, Georgia Institute of Technology · Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineeringacademic
2017–2021Position, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute · Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineeringacademic
2013–2017Position, West Virginia University · Mechanical and Aerospace Engineeringacademic
2010–2012Position, NASA Johnson Space Centerindustry

Georgia Tech teaching

53 classes taught10 distinct coursesFall 2021Spring 2026
20261 termGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 0h
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20253 termsLecture 2.5hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 0h
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20242 termsLecture 1.7hLaboratory 5.5hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 0h
Fall 2024Lecture 1.7hLaboratory 5.5hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 0h
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20222 termsLecture 2.5hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 0h
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20211 termLecture 1.7hLaboratory 2.8hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 0h
Fall 2021Lecture 1.7hLaboratory 2.8hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 0h
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Compiled from public records and matched by name — grant, research, and teaching figures are indicative and may be incomplete or, rarely, misattributed, and do not reflect a person’s worth. See methodology. Report a correction.