Patrick O. Brown
Patrick O. Brown | |
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Photo by Jane Gitschier | |
| Born | Patrick O'Reilly Brown 1954 (age 70–71) |
| Other names | Pat |
| Education | University of Chicago (BS, MD, PhD) |
| Known for | Impossible Foods, DNA microarrays Public Library of Science |
| Awards | NAS Award in Molecular Biology (2000) Takeda award (2002) Curt Stern Award (2005) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemistry |
| Institutions | Stanford University |
| Thesis | Studies on DNA Topoisomerases (1980) |
| Doctoral advisor | Nicholas Cozzarelli |
| Doctoral students | Kathleen Rubins Joseph DeRisi |
| Website | brownlab www |
Patrick O'Reilly Brown (born 1954) is an American geneticist and businessman who is the founder of Impossible Foods Inc. and professor emeritus in the department of biochemistry at Stanford University. Brown is co-founder of the Public Library of Science, inventor of the DNA microarray, and a former investigator at Howard Hughes Medical Institute.