Adriel Duland Johnson Sr. (June 22, 1957 – February 12, 2010) was an American biologist and faculty member at the University of Alabama in Huntsville whose research focused on areas of cell biology and nutritional physiology.
[3] Johnson earned two master's degrees: one in biology-population genetics from Tennessee Technological University in 1981, and the second in biology-muscle protein biochemistry from UAHuntsville in 1986.
Johnson earned a PhD in animal science/nutritional physiology from North Carolina State University in 1989.
[4] Johnson was the principal investigator of the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation program site at the University of Alabama in Huntsville for over nineteen years.
[5] In addition to mentoring youth in scouting and academia, Johnson served many others through advisement of numerous student groups and participation in various committees.