Researcher · Academic

John Jumper

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Joining Anthropic at Anthropic

🇺🇸 American

Jumper led AlphaFold 2, which predicts a protein's three-dimensional shape from its amino-acid sequence with remarkable accuracy. By making structures available for millions of proteins, the system gave biologists a powerful tool for studying disease, designing experiments, and searching for new medicines.

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Background

Current role

Joining Anthropic

Previously

Distinguished Scientist,

Google DeepMind

PhD researcher,

University of Chicago

Education

Vanderbilt University

University of Cambridge

University of Chicago

Born1985

About this data

Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.

Last editorial review: August 8, 2026

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moveJohn Jumper says he will leave Google DeepMind and join Anthropic

John Jumper announced that he is leaving Google DeepMind after nearly nine years and will join Anthropic after taking time to recharge.

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