Nationality British Role Physics researcher Fields Physicist | Known for Complex systems Name Neil Johnson | |
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Institutions University of Oxford
University of Miami
Universidad de Los Andes
University of Cambridge Alma mater University of Cambridge
Harvard University Doctoral students Alexandra Olaya-Castro
Francesca Fassioli Olsen
Chiu Fan Lee Education University of Cambridge, Harvard University Books Financial market complexity, Simply Complexity: A Clear G, Information Hiding: Steganog | ||
Doctoral advisor Henry Ehrenreich Residence United States of America Notable awards Kennedy Scholarship | ||
Neil Fraser Johnson (born 1961, Southend, 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 also notable for his book Financial Market Complexity published by Oxford University Press, and for his research in insurgent and Fourth generation warfare. He presented the Royal Institution Christmas Lecture "Arrows of time" on BBC TV in 1999.
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Education
He received his 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.
Career
He was first appointed as a Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge, then as a Professor at the Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota. In 1992, he was appointed Professor at the University of Oxford and then in 2007 he was appointed Professor of Physics at the University of Miami, Florida.