Michael Ramsey attended Bowling Green State University for his undergraduate studies where he obtained his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry with dual minors in Physics and Mathematics in June 1974.
He then went on to obtain his Doctor of Philosophy in Analytical chemistry from Indiana University Bloomington in January 1979. Dr. Ramsey conducted his research under the direction of Gary M. Hieftje from 1974-1979 culminating in his published dissertation "New Approaches for the Measurement of Subnanosecond Chemical Phenomena" [https://inis.iaea.org/search/searchsinglerecord.aspx?recordsFor=SingleRecord&RN=11540509].