American chemist and computer scientist (born 1985)
John Michael Jumper (born 1985)[ 1] Demis Hassabis were awarded the 2024Nobel Prize in Chemistry forprotein structure prediction .[ 2] [ 3]
As of 2025[update] Google DeepMind .[ 4] [ 5] [ 6] AlphaFold ,[ 7] artificial intelligence (AI) model to predictprotein structures from theiramino acid sequence with high accuracy.[ 8] [ 9]
The scientific journalNature Nature ' s 10[ 8] [ 10]
Jumper graduated fromPulaski Academy in 2003[ 11] Bachelor of Science with majors in physics and mathematics fromVanderbilt University in 2007,[ 12] Master of Philosophy intheoretical condensed matter physics from theUniversity of Cambridge where he was a student ofSt Edmund’s College, Cambridge in 2010 on aMarshall Scholarship ,[ 13] Master of Science intheoretical chemistry from theUniversity of Chicago in 2012, and aDoctor of Philosophy in theoretical chemistry from the University of Chicago in 2017.[ 14] Karl Freed .[ 15]
Career and research [ edit ] Jumper's research investigates algorithms forprotein structure prediction .[ 4]
This image represents the final product ofAlphaFold and it compares its results with other competitors at theCASP competition. AlphaFold[ 7] [ 16] deep learning algorithm developed by Jumper and his team at DeepMind, a research lab acquired by Google's parent companyAlphabet Inc . It is an artificial intelligence program which performspredictions of protein structure .[ 17]
In November 2020, AlphaFold was named the winner of the 14thCritical Assessment of Structure Prediction (CASP) competition.[ 18] [ 19] [ 20] global distance test (GDT), a test that measures the degree to which a computational program predicted structure is similar to the lab experiment determined structure, with 100 being a complete match, within the distance cutoff used for calculating GDT.[ 21] [ 22]
In 2021, Jumper was awarded theBBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the category "Biology and Biomedicine".[ 23] Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences[ 24] Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for developing AlphaFold, which accurately predicts the structure of a protein.[ 25] Canada Gairdner International Award [ 26] Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research .[ 27]
Jumper at the 2024 Nobel Week press conference In 2024, Jumper andDemis Hassabis shared half of theNobel Prize in Chemistry for their protein folding predictions, the other half went toDavid Baker for computationalprotein design .[ 2] [ 3]
In 2025, Jumper received the Golden Plate Award of theAmerican Academy of Achievement and the Marshall Medal of theMarshall Aid Commemoration Commission .[ 28] [ 29] Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2025.[ 30]
^ "John M. Jumper: Facts" .The Nobel Prize . Nobel Prize Outreach AB. 2024. RetrievedOctober 9, 2024 .^a b "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024" . Nobel Media AB. RetrievedOctober 9, 2024 .^a b "Press release: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024" .NobelPrize.org . RetrievedOctober 9, 2024 .^a b John Jumper publications indexed byGoogle Scholar ^ John Jumper publications fromEurope PubMed Central ^ Eisenstein, Michael (2021)."Artificial intelligence powers protein-folding predictions" Nature .599 (7886). Springer Nature:706– 708.doi :10.1038/d41586-021-03499-y .S2CID 244528561 . RetrievedDecember 24, 2021 . ^a b John Jumper ; Richard Evans; Alexander Pritzel; et al. (July 15, 2021)."Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold" .Nature Bibcode :2021Natur.596..583J .doi :10.1038/S41586-021-03819-2 .ISSN 1476-4687 .PMC 8371605 PMID 34265844 .Wikidata Q107555821 .^a b Maxmen, Amy (2021)."Nature's 10: John Jumper: Protein predictor" .Nature .600 (7890). Springer Nature:591– 604.doi :10.1038/d41586-021-03621-0 PMID 34912110 .S2CID 245256541 . ^ Varadi, Mihaly; Bertoni, Damian; Magana, Paulyna; Paramval, Urmila; Pidruchna, Ivanna; Radhakrishnan, Malarvizhi; Tsenkov, Maxim; Nair, Sreenath; Mirdita, Milot; Yeo, Jingi; Kovalevskiy, Oleg; Tunyasuvunakool, Kathryn; Laydon, Agata; Žídek, Augustin; Tomlinson, Hamish (January 5, 2024)."AlphaFold Protein Structure Database in 2024: providing structure coverage for over 214 million protein sequences" .Nucleic Acids Research .52 (D1):D368– D375.doi :10.1093/nar/gkad1011 .ISSN 1362-4962 .PMC 10767828 PMID 37933859 . ^ John Jumper onLinkedIn ^ https://blog.pulaskiacademy.org/pa-alum-john-jumper-wins-nobel ^ Doster, Stephen (August 8, 2023)."John Jumper, developer of AlphaFold, to present an Apex Lecture on August 30" .Vanderbilt University . RetrievedOctober 9, 2024 . ^ "University of Cambridge alumni awarded 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry | University of Cambridge" .www.cam.ac.uk . October 9, 2024. RetrievedOctober 9, 2024 .^ "UChicago alum John Jumper shares Nobel Prize for model to predict protein structures | University of Chicago News" .news.uchicago.edu . October 9, 2024. RetrievedOctober 9, 2024 .^ Jumper, John Michael (2017).New methods using rigorous machine learning for coarse-grained protein folding and dynamics chicago.edu (PhD thesis). University of Chicago.doi :10.6082/M1BZ647N .OCLC 1237239279 .ProQuest 1883866286 . ^ Andrew W Senior; Richard Evans;John Jumper ; et al. (January 15, 2020). "Improved protein structure prediction using potentials from deep learning".Nature 577 (7792):706– 710.doi :10.1038/S41586-019-1923-7 .ISSN 1476-4687 .PMID 31942072 .Wikidata Q92669549 . ^ "AlphaFold" .Deepmind . RetrievedNovember 30, 2020 .^ "AlphaFold: a solution to a 50-year-old grand challenge in biology" .Deepmind . November 30, 2020. RetrievedNovember 30, 2020 .^ Sample, Ian (December 2, 2018)."Google's DeepMind predicts 3D shapes of proteins" .The Guardian . RetrievedNovember 30, 2020 . ^ Shead, Sam (November 30, 2020)."DeepMind solves 50-year-old 'grand challenge' with protein folding A.I." CNBC . RetrievedNovember 30, 2020 . ^ "DeepMind's protein-folding AI has solved a 50-year-old grand challenge of biology" .MIT Technology Review . RetrievedNovember 30, 2020 .^ Robert F. Service,'The game has changed.' AI triumphs at solving protein structures ,Science ^ "BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award 2022" .frontiersofknowledgeawards-fbbva.es .^ "Wiley Prize 2022" .wiley.com .^ "Breakthrough Prizes 2023" .breakthroughprize.org . RetrievedSeptember 22, 2022 .^ Foundation, The Gairdner (March 30, 2023)."2023 Canada Gairdner Award Winners Announced" .The Gairdner Foundation . RetrievedOctober 9, 2024 . ^ Admin, Lasker."AlphaFold—for predicting protein structures" .Lasker Foundation . RetrievedOctober 9, 2024 . ^ "Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement" .www.achievement.org . American Academy of Achievement.^ "2025 Marshall Medal Recipient Dr. John Jumper" .www.marshallscholarship.org . RetrievedMay 19, 2025 .^ "Exceptional scientists elected as Fellows of the Royal Society" .Royal Society . May 20, 2025. RetrievedMay 22, 2025 .
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