Johann E. Gudjonsson, MD, PhD, is the Arthur C. Curtis Professor of Skin Molecular Immunology and Professor of Dermatology and Internal Medicine (Division of Rheumatology) at the University of Michigan, and Taubman Medical Research Institute Scholar. He directs the University of Michigan Skin Research Center, an NIH/NIAMS-funded Skin Biology and Diseases Resource-based Center (P30), and serves as Scientific Director of the Michigan Institute for Atopic Diseases.

His research combines immunology and genetics to define the mechanisms that drive chronic inflammatory and autoimmune skin diseases. He has published more than 440 peer-reviewed papers, including in Nature Immunology, Nature Genetics, Immunity, the JCI, and Science Translational Medicine, and his work has been supported by multiple NIH R01, U01, and P-series awards. He co-leads skin research within the Accelerating Medicines Partnership Autoimmune and Immune-Mediated Diseases (AMP AIM) network.

His honors include the American Academy of Dermatology Young Investigator Award (2007), research awards from the American Skin Association and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, and the Society for Investigative Dermatology Rising Star Lecture (2018). He was elected to the ASCI in 2020 and the Association of American Physicians in 2024, and is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He serves on the Society for Investigative Dermatology Board of Directors and recent chair of the NIAMS Board of Scientific Counselors.