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John Michael Jumper
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John Michael Jumper

Scientist · born January 1, 1985

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John Michael Jumper is an American chemist and computer scientist. Jumper, Demis Hassabis and David Baker were awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for protein structure prediction.

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  1. ~38Received the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research2023
  2. ~39Received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry2024
  3. ~40Received the Fellow of the Royal Society2025

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Mark Walter

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1960 · United States

$7.3Bolder estimate, as of 2025 · Forbes

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Leonid Brezhnev

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1907–1982 · Soviet Union

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Martin Evans
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Martin Evans

English developmental biologist

1941 · United Kingdom

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