Neil F. Johnson

Neil Johnson
Born	1961 Southend, Essex, UK
Residence	United States
Nationality	British
Fields	Physicist
Institutions	University of Oxford University of Miami Universidad de Los Andes University of Cambridge
Alma mater	University of Cambridge Harvard University
Doctoral advisor	Henry Ehrenreich
Doctoral students	Alexandra Olaya-Castro Francesca Fassioli Olsen Chiu Fan Lee
Other notable students	Adrian P. Flitney
Known for	Complex systems
Notable awards	Kennedy Scholarship

Neil Fraser Johnson (b. 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.^[1][2] He presented the Royal Institution Christmas Lecture "Arrows of time" on BBC TV in 1999.

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.

Books by Neil F. Johnson

• Neil F. Johnson, Two’s Company, Three is Complexity: A Simple Guide to the Science of All Sciences, Publ. Oxford: Oneworld, 2007, ISBN 9781851684885.

• Neil F. Johnson, Paul Jefferies, and Pak Ming Hui, Financial Market Complexity, Publ. Oxford University Press, 2003, ISBN 0198526652.

See also

• Quantum Aspects of Life

References

1. ^ Bohorquez, et al.; Gourley, S; Dixon, AR; Spagat, M; Johnson, NF (17 December 2009). "Common Ecology Quantifies Human Insurgency". Nature (NPG) 462 (7275): 911–914. Bibcode 2009Natur.462..911B. doi:10.1038/nature08631. PMID 20016600. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v462/n7275/full/nature08631.html. 
2. ^ Zhao, et al. (2 October 2009). "Anomalously Slow Attrition Times for Asymmetric Populations with Internal Group Dynamics". Physical Review Letters 103, 148701 (2009) (APS). http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=PRLTAO000103000014148701000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes. 

External links

• Neil Johnson interview
• Johnson lecture on complexity
• Johnson's homepage

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Name	Johnson, Neil Fraser
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Date of birth	1961
Place of birth	Southend, Essex, UK
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