Per Michael Johansen (born 1960) is a Danish engineer and physicist and the current rector of Aalborg University (AAU).

Johansen was born in 1960 in the small holiday and fishing village Agger in the Thy district, which is located in the northwestern part of Jutland in Denmark.

[1] He subsequently studied Technical Physics (Engineering) at Aalborg University and holds a master's degree within this particular field which he was awarded in 1986.

[2] After graduating his PhD, Johansen first worked at Aalborg University (AAU) for a short period at the Department of Physics.

Later, he was employed as a researcher at Risø DTU National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy for a number of years.