Patrick is the Co-Founder and a Core Investigator of the Arc Institute and Assistant Professor of Bioengineering and Deb Faculty Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley. A pioneer in the field of CRISPR gene editing, Patrick's research group works at the intersection of biology, technology development, and machine learning to improve human health. His scientific contributions include the discovery of the first programmable recombinases, the Evo AI foundation model trained on genomes, the most widely used tools for CRISPR-based RNA targeting, and the co-invention of CRISPR-Cas9 human genome editing.
Patrick also helped to start Fast Grants, an effort that distributed substantial sums for coronavirus research and demonstrated a powerful model for rapid and effective science funding. He received A.M. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University and his research has been recognized by the NIH Early Independence Award, the MIT Technology Review’s Innovators Under 35, the Rainwater Prize for Innovative Early Career Scientists, and the Amgen Young Investigator Award.
