A Vanderbilt University graduate was among the three scientists who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry this week. Why it matters: The alum, John M. Jumper, helped develop an AI model that solved a decades-long mystery.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry to David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper who discovered powerful techniques to predict and even design

David Baker, as well as Demis Hassabis and John Jumper, share the prize for their work on understanding the structure of proteins.