John M. Jumper, DeepMind researcher and Vanderbilt alumnus, shares 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry [Video]

John M. Jumper, BS’07, is one of three scientists awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Oct. 9. Jumper currently is a senior staff research scientist for DeepMind, a London-based company that made a huge leap forward in solving the protein folding problem using artificial intelligence. He is the second Vanderbilt alumnus to win a Nobel Prize, joining Muhammad Yunus, PhD’71, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006.

“Dr. Jumper’s work with AlphaFold2 represents an unprecedented step in the integration of artificial intelligence and the natural sciences. John and his colleagues have given us inspiring evidence of its limitless potential for advancing scientific discovery,” Chancellor Daniel Diermeiersaid. “His work stands as an example of what we as One Vanderbilt can achieve as an innovative, creative community, unwaveringly committed to collaboration in the pursuit of knowledge. On behalf of our entire community, I send my …