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Home|PrincetonUniversitySkiptomaincontentPrincetonUniversityMenuSearchSearchSites&People×Princeton’sJohnHopfieldreceivesNobelPrizeinphysicsHopfield,theHowardA.PriorPrChuo Kikuu cha PrincetonofessorintheLifeSciences,Emeritus,andprofessorofmolecularbiology,emeritus,sharesthe2024NobelPrizewithToronto'sGeoffreyE.Hinton.In039;Nature039;:039;Amajorachievement039;AteamledbyPrinceton’sMalaMurthyandSebastianSeunghasmappedafly039;sentirebrain,anewstepinunderstandinghumanbraindisease.Brooks,Gitai,KrienenandSkinniderwinprestigiousNIHawardsFourPrincetonresearcherswonmajorawardsfromtheNationalInstitutesofHealthtosupporttheirblue-skyresearch.PreviousSlideNextSlideJohnHopfieldposeswithformerstudentsGayleWittenberg(left),a2003Ph.D.graduatealumna,nowaVPatJohnson&JohnsonInnovativeMedicine;andMariaGeffenoftheClassof2001,nowonthefacultyattheUniversityofPennsylvania.“Thankyouforgivingusthisspecialoccasiontocelebratecuriosity-drivenresearch,tocelebratepathbreakingscientificdiscovery,andtocelebratethecommunityofneuroscientists,physicists,molecularbiologistsandchemistsatPrinceton.”—PrincetonPresidentChristopherL.EisgruberPrincetonleaders,faculty,studentsandstaffgiveHopfieldastandingovationasherisestospeakduringtheeventintheatriumatthePrincetonNeuroscienceInstitute. "Johntaughtus...whatmightoutwardlyseemlikeajumbleofdifferenttopicswasreallyallonething,science.Itwasexciting.Itwasthrilling.Itwasempowering.Itwasverychallenging,[and]itwassuperfun."—ProfessorCarlosBrody,Hopfield'sformergraduatestudentHopfieldposeswithZijianJiang,asecond-yeargraduatestudentinneuroscience.Hopfieldgreetedalonglineofeerwell-wishersfollowingthecelebration,posingforselfies,exchanginghandChuo Kikuu cha Princetonshakesandevensigningautographs. “ThePrincetonNeuroscienceInstitutewasgroundedonJohn’sinterdisciplinaryapproachestoadvancingourunderstandingofneurosciencebycombiningbiology,physicsandtechnologydevelopment.”—JeanSchwarzbauer,associatechair,DepartmentofMolecularBiologyAstudentasksHopfieldtosignacopyofoneofhisacademicpapers,whichspaneightdecades—fromthe1950stothe2020s.“John’scuriosityledhimtomajorbreakthroughs—uponwhichtechnologythathasrevolutionizedtheworldhasbeenbuilt—buthismotivationwastofindahard,scientificproblemanduncoveritssolution.”—MalaMurthy,directorofthePrincetonNeuroscienceInstituteFacultyspeakersincluded(lefttoright):CarlosBrody,WilburH.GantzIII’59ProfessorofNeuroscience;JamesOlsen,EugeneHigginsProfessorofPhysicsandchairofthephysicsdepartment;JeanSchwarzbauer,EugeneHigginsProfessorofMolecularBiologyandassociatechairofthemolecularbiologydepartment;andDidTank,HenryL.HillmanProfessorofNeuroscience.HopfieldtalkswithJimPeebles(right),the2019NobellaureateinphysicsandPrinceton’sAlbertEinsteinProfessorofScience,Emeritus.HopfieldandPeeblesbothjoinedthePrincetonphysicsfacultyintheearly1960s.CurrentandformerstudentsfromdepartmentsacrossthecampusgatherinthesunnyatriumofthePrincetonNeuroscienceInstitutetocelebrateHopfield,sittingbetweenhiswife,MaryWaltham(left),andPrincetonProvostJenniferRexford(right).Hopfieldconcludedhisremarkswithabigsmile,tellingtheaudience,"...Onthishappyday,Ishout,‘Thankyouforcoming,everybody!'”“Expertsaregoodat answering questions.Ifyouarebrashenough, askyourown.Don'tworrytoomuchabouthowyoufoundthem.”—JohnHopfieldinhis2018essay"NowWhat?"“Hingnotonlyone,nottwo,butthreeacademiccommunitiescometogethertocelebratethiswell-deservedhonorunderscoresJohn’sbroadimpactonscienceandPrinceton.”—JamesOlsen,chair,DepartmentofPhysicsCelebratingaNobelbornofcuriosityReadmoreaboutHopfield039;sawardOnFriday,Oct.11,JohnHopfield,winnerofthe2024NobelPrizeinPhysics,wascelebratedbycolleues,friendsandstudentsataceremonyintheatriumofthePrincetonNeuroscienceInstitute.HopfieldisPrinceton'sHowardA.PriorProfessorintheLifeSciences,Emeritus,andprofessorofmolecularbiology,emeritus.Heholdsassociatedfacultystatusinphysicsandneuroscience.MoreonJohnHopfieldWatchHopfield039;sremarksattheOct.11celebrationNYTimes:NobelPhysicsPrizeAwardedforPioneeringAIResearchby2ScientistsWashingtonPost:Hopfield,HintonawardedNobelPrizeinphysicsUniversityNewsViewAllNewsSPIAexhibitandprogrammingthisweekaredirectingattentiontonuclearweaponsasascholarlyandpolicyissue“CloseEncounters:FacingtheBombinaNewNucleare”isondisplayatSPIA’sBernsteinGallerythroughOct.25.AconveningofscientistsandanOct.11performancealsoaddressnuclearthreats.FifteenscholarsnamedPresidentialPostdoctoralResearchFellowsTheprogram,nowinitsfifthyear,recognizesandsupportsoutstandingscholarsprimedtomakeimportantcontributionsintheirfields.The2024cohortincludesdisciplinesspanningthehumanities,engineering,thesciencesandthesocialsciences.PrincetoncreatesOfficeofInnovationtoenhanceecosystemforresearch,start-ups,techtransferandindustrycollaborationCraigB.Arnold hasbeennamedPrinceton’sfirstUniversityInnovationOfficerandheadsthenewoffice.ViewAllNewsTheQuantumFuture:MeetingtheMomentPrinceton’squantumscientistsandengineersareworkingtomanipulatethestrangebehiorsofparticles—mindbendingrealitieslikequantumentanglementandsuperposition—toadvanceknowledgeandproducetechnologiesinfieldsasfar-rangingascomputing,communications,medicine,energy,financeandcryptography.OurexpandedQuantumInitiativeandnewPh.D.programcarryforwardaspiritofdiscoveryonourcampusthatreachesbacktoEinstein.FollowourlatestbreakthroughsandmeetourForwardThinkersExceptionalFacultyPrincetonfacultymembersareallexceptionalscholarsintheirdisciplineswhoareexpectedtoteachaswellasengeinresearch.Facultyworkcloselywithundergraduatesinthesupervisionofjunioryearindependentworkandseniortheses.ChikaOkeke-uluArtandArchaeologyOkeke-uluisacelebratedartist,critic,curatorandhistorianofAfricanandAfricanDiasporaart.HeisdirectorofPrinceton’sAfricaWorldInitiative.MarinaRustowNearEasternStudiesandHistoryRustowusesmachinelearningtodecipherthousandsofArabicandHebrewfrmentspreservedinamedievalCairosynogue. 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