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'''Neil Fraser Johnson''' (born [[Romford]], [[Essex]], [[UK]]) is a professor of physics notable for his work in complexity theory and [[complex systems]], spanning [[quantum information]], [[econophysics]], and [[condensed matter physics]]. He is currently Professor of Physics at [[George Washington University]] in [[Washington D.C.]] where he heads up a new initiative in Complexity and Data Science which combines cross-disciplinary fundamental research with data science, with a view to resolving complex real-world problems.
'''Neil Fraser Johnson''' (born 1961) is an English physicist who is notable for his work in [[complexity]] theory and [[complex systems]], spanning [[quantum information]], [[econophysics]], and [[condensed matter physics]]. He is currently Professor of Physics at [[George Washington University]] in [[Washington D.C.]] where he heads up a new initiative in Complexity and Data Science which combines cross-disciplinary fundamental research with data science, with a view to resolving complex real-world problems.


He is a Fellow of the [[American Physical Society]] (APS) and is the recipient of the 2018 Burton Award from the APS.{{cn|date=February 2018}}
He is a Fellow of the [[American Physical Society]] (APS) and is the recipient of the 2018 Burton Award from the APS.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2018 Joseph A. Burton Forum Award Recipient |url=https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Johnson&first_nm=Neil&year=2018 |publisher=[[American Physical Society]]}}</ref>


Johnson presented the [[Royal Institution Christmas Lectures]] "Arrows of time" on [[BBC]] TV in 1999. He has more than 300 published research papers across a wide variety of research topics<ref>{[https://physics.columbian.gwu.edu/neil-johnson]}</ref> and has supervised the doctoral theses of more than 25 students. He is also notable for his books ''Financial Market Complexity'' published by [[Oxford University Press]] and ''Simply Complexity: A Clear Guide to Complexity Theory'' published by [[Oneworld Publications]], and for his research on the many-body dynamics of [[insurgent]] conflict and online extremism.<ref>{{cite journal | url = http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v462/n7275/full/nature08631.html | title = Common Ecology Quantifies Human Insurgency | last = Bohorquez| journal = Nature |pages=911–914| date = 17 December 2009 | publisher = NPG | volume=462 | issue=7275 | doi = 10.1038/nature08631 | pmid = 20016600 | last2 = Gourley | first2 = S | last3 = Dixon | first3 = AR | last4 = Spagat | first4 = M | last5 = Johnson | first5 = NF|bibcode = 2009Natur.462..911B |display-authors=etal}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | url = http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=PRLTAO000103000014148701000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes | title = Anomalously Slow Attrition Times for Asymmetric Populations with Internal Group Dynamics | last = Zhao | journal = Physical Review Letters |volume = 103| date = 2 October 2009 | publisher = APS|doi=10.1103/physrevlett.103.148701 |arxiv = 0910.1622 |bibcode = 2009PhRvL.103n8701Z |display-authors=etal | pmid=19905607 | pages=148701}}</ref>
He presented the [[Royal Institution Christmas Lectures]] "Arrows of time" on [[BBC]] TV in 1999. He has more than 300 published research papers across a wide variety of research topics<ref>{{Cite web |title=Neil Johnson - Publications |url=https://physics.columbian.gwu.edu/neil-johnson |publisher=[[George Washington University]]}}</ref> and has supervised the doctoral theses of more than 25 students. He is also notable for his books ''Financial Market Complexity'' published by [[Oxford University Press]] and ''Simply Complexity: A Clear Guide to Complexity Theory'' published by [[Oneworld Publications]], and for his research on the many-body dynamics of [[insurgent]] conflict and online extremism.<ref>{{cite journal | title = Common Ecology Quantifies Human Insurgency | last1 = Bohorquez| journal = Nature |pages=911–914| date = 17 December 2009 | publisher = NPG | volume=462 | issue=7275 | doi = 10.1038/nature08631 | pmid = 20016600 | last2 = Gourley | first2 = S | last3 = Dixon | first3 = AR | last4 = Spagat | first4 = M | last5 = Johnson | first5 = NF|bibcode = 2009Natur.462..911B | s2cid = 4380248|display-authors=etal}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | url = http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=PRLTAO000103000014148701000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes | title = Anomalously Slow Attrition Times for Asymmetric Populations with Internal Group Dynamics | last = Zhao | journal = Physical Review Letters |volume = 103| issue = 14 | date = 2 October 2009 |doi=10.1103/physrevlett.103.148701 |arxiv = 0910.1622 |bibcode = 2009PhRvL.103n8701Z |display-authors=etal | pmid=19905607 | pages=148701| s2cid = 2413984 }}</ref>


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== Education and career==
He attended [[Southend High School for Boys]] in [[Southend-on-Sea]], [[Essex]], [[UK]]. He received his BA/MA from [[St. John's College, Cambridge]], [[University of Cambridge]] where he was elected as a Scholar throughout his undergraduate career. He obtained a First each year, and obtained top First in the final examinations. He was awarded the Hartree and Maxwell prizes. He was awarded a scholarship to attend [[Harvard University]] as a [[Kennedy Scholar]] where he received his PhD in 1989.


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Following his PhD, he was first appointed as a Research Fellow at the [[University of Cambridge]], then as a Professor at the [[University of the Andes, Colombia|Universidad de Los Andes]], [[Bogota]]. He was then Professor of Physics at the [[University of Oxford]] until 2007, having joined the faculty in 1992. After a period as Professor of Physics at the [[University of Miami]] in [[Florida]], he was appointed Professor of Physics at [[George Washington University]] in 2018.
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== Education ==
Johnson received his BA/MA from [[St. John's College, Cambridge]], [[University of Cambridge]] and then received his PhD as a [[Kennedy Scholar]] in 1989 from [[Harvard University]], under [[Henry Ehrenreich]], for a thesis entitled: ''Electronic Structure and Optical Properties of III-V and II-VI Semiconductor Superlattices.''{{cn|date=February 2018}}. He attended Southend High School in [[Southend-on-Sea]], [[Essex]], [[UK]].


While a student at school and university, Johnson was a sax player with the [[National Youth Jazz Orchestra]] (NYJO) in the U.K. and toured extensively with them. He appears on a number of commercial recordings with NYJO and with other artists as a session musician.{{cn|date=February 2018}}
While a student at school and university, Johnson was a sax player with the [[National Youth Jazz Orchestra]] (NYJO) in the U.K. and toured extensively with them. He appears on a number of commercial recordings with NYJO and with other artists as a session musician.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nyjo.org.uk/about/nyjo-archive/nyjo-50-years-1976-1985/ |title=NYJO Archive 1976 - 1985 |publisher=[[National Youth Jazz Orchestra]]}}</ref>


==Selected publications==

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* {{cite book|first1=Neil F. |last1=Johnson|first2=Paul |last2=Jefferies|first3=Pak Ming |last3=Hui|title=Financial Market Complexity|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2003|isbn=0-19-852665-2}}
== Career ==
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* {{cite book|title=Quantum Aspects of Life|chapter=Ultrafast Quantum Dynamics in Photosynthesis|first1=Alexandra |last1=Olaya-Castro|first2=Francesca |last2=Fassioli Olsen|first3=Chiu Fan |last3=Lee|first4=Neil F. |last4=Johnson|editor1=Derek Abbott|editor2=Paul C W Davies|editor3=Arun K Pati|year=2008|publisher=Imperial College Press|isbn=978-1848162532|title-link=Quantum Aspects of Life}}
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Following his PhD., he was first appointed as a Research Fellow at the [[University of Cambridge]], then as a Professor at the [[University of the Andes, Colombia|Universidad de Los Andes]], [[Bogota]]. He was then Professor of Physics at the [[University of Oxford]] until 2007, having joined the faculty in 1992. After a period as Professor of Physics at the [[University of Miami]] in [[Florida]], he was appointed Professor of Physics at [[George Washington University]] in 2018.
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* {{cite book|first=Neil F. |last=Johnson |title=Simply Complexity, A Clear Guide to Complexity Theory|place=Oxford |publisher=Oneworld|year=2009|isbn=978-1851686308}}


==Publications==
List until 2018 at [https://physics.columbian.gwu.edu/neil-johnson]. Examples:
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* {{cite book|first1=Neil F. |last1=Johnson|first2=Paul |last2=Jefferies|first3=Pak Ming |last3=Hui|title=Financial Market Complexity|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2003|ISBN=0-19-852665-2}}
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* {{cite book|title=[[Quantum Aspects of Life]]|chapter=Ultrafast Quantum Dynamics in Photosynthesis|first1=Alexandra |last1=Olaya-Castro|first2=Francesca |last2=Fassioli Olsen|first3=Chiu Fan |last3=Lee|first4=Neil F. |last4=Johnson|editor1=Derek Abbott|editor2=Paul C W Davies|editor3=Arun K Pati|year=2008|publisher=Imperial College Press|ISBN=978-1848162532}}
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* {{cite book|first=Neil F. |last=Johnson |title=Simply Complexity, A Clear Guide to Complexity Theory|place=Oxford |publisher=Oneworld|year=2009|ISBN=978-1851686308}}


==References==
==References==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://videolectures.net/eccs07_johnson_int/ Neil Johnson interview]
* [http://videolectures.net/eccs07_johnson_int/ Neil Johnson interview]
* [http://videolectures.net/eccs07_johnson_cha/ Johnson lecture on complexity]
* [http://videolectures.net/eccs07_johnson_cha/ Johnson lecture on complexity]
* [https://physics.columbian.gwu.edu/neil-johnson]
* [https://physics.columbian.gwu.edu/neil-johnson/ Website at GW]


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Neil Johnson
Born1961
Romford, Essex, UK
NationalityU.S., UK
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Harvard University
Known forComplex systems
Scientific career
FieldsPhysicist
InstitutionsHarvard University
University of Cambridge
University of Oxford
George Washington University
Universidad de Los Andes
University of Miami
Doctoral advisorHenry Ehrenreich
Doctoral studentsAlexandra Olaya-Castro

Neil Fraser Johnson (born 1961) is an English physicist who is notable for his work in complexity theory and complex systems, spanning quantum information, econophysics, and condensed matter physics. He is currently Professor of Physics at George Washington University in Washington D.C. where he heads up a new initiative in Complexity and Data Science which combines cross-disciplinary fundamental research with data science, with a view to resolving complex real-world problems.

He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) and is the recipient of the 2018 Burton Award from the APS.[1]

He presented the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures "Arrows of time" on BBC TV in 1999. He has more than 300 published research papers across a wide variety of research topics[2] and has supervised the doctoral theses of more than 25 students. He is also notable for his books Financial Market Complexity published by Oxford University Press and Simply Complexity: A Clear Guide to Complexity Theory published by Oneworld Publications, and for his research on the many-body dynamics of insurgent conflict and online extremism.[3][4]

Education and career[edit]

He attended Southend High School for Boys in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, UK. He received his BA/MA from St. John's College, Cambridge, University of Cambridge where he was elected as a Scholar throughout his undergraduate career. He obtained a First each year, and obtained top First in the final examinations. He was awarded the Hartree and Maxwell prizes. He was awarded a scholarship to attend Harvard University as a Kennedy Scholar where he received his PhD in 1989.

Following his PhD, he was first appointed as a Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge, then as a Professor at the Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota. He was then Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford until 2007, having joined the faculty in 1992. After a period as Professor of Physics at the University of Miami in Florida, he was appointed Professor of Physics at George Washington University in 2018.

While a student at school and university, Johnson was a sax player with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra (NYJO) in the U.K. and toured extensively with them. He appears on a number of commercial recordings with NYJO and with other artists as a session musician.[5]

Selected publications[edit]

  • Johnson, Neil F.; Jefferies, Paul; Hui, Pak Ming (2003). Financial Market Complexity. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-852665-2.
  • Olaya-Castro, Alexandra; Fassioli Olsen, Francesca; Lee, Chiu Fan; Johnson, Neil F. (2008). "Ultrafast Quantum Dynamics in Photosynthesis". In Derek Abbott; Paul C W Davies; Arun K Pati (eds.). Quantum Aspects of Life. Imperial College Press. ISBN 978-1848162532.
  • Johnson, Neil F. (2009). Simply Complexity, A Clear Guide to Complexity Theory. Oxford: Oneworld. ISBN 978-1851686308.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2018 Joseph A. Burton Forum Award Recipient". American Physical Society.
  2. ^ "Neil Johnson - Publications". George Washington University.
  3. ^ Bohorquez; Gourley, S; Dixon, AR; Spagat, M; Johnson, NF; et al. (December 17, 2009). "Common Ecology Quantifies Human Insurgency". Nature. 462 (7275). NPG: 911–914. Bibcode:2009Natur.462..911B. doi:10.1038/nature08631. PMID 20016600. S2CID 4380248.
  4. ^ Zhao; et al. (October 2, 2009). "Anomalously Slow Attrition Times for Asymmetric Populations with Internal Group Dynamics". Physical Review Letters. 103 (14): 148701. arXiv:0910.1622. Bibcode:2009PhRvL.103n8701Z. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.103.148701. PMID 19905607. S2CID 2413984.
  5. ^ "NYJO Archive 1976 - 1985". National Youth Jazz Orchestra.

External links[edit]

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