Patrick O. Brown | |
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Born | Patrick O'Reilly Brown 1954 (age 69–70) |
Other names | Pat |
Alma mater | The University of Chicago |
Known for | Impossible Foods, DNA microarrays[1][2] 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 scientist and businessman who is the founder of Impossible Foods Inc.[3] and professor emeritus in the department of biochemistry at Stanford University.[4] Brown is co-founder of the Public Library of Science,[5] inventor of the DNA microarray,[6] and a former investigator at Howard Hughes Medical Institute.[7]