Hi! I’m Patrick, a scientist and engineer passionate about building AI for good. I lead an AI team at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (Ai2). We develop large-scale, mixed-modality planetary models supporting a range of applications—including climate science, wildfire management, agriculture and food security, maritime intelligence, conservation and sustainability, biodiversity, and ecosystem health, as well as the many interconnections between them. You can learn more at ai2.org.

Before Ai2, I worked in applied machine learning across startups, tech, and academia (Carnegie Mellon, McGill, and Univerisity of Pittsburgh). I earned my Ph.D. from the Center for Neuroscience and the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition. My research focused on neural plasticity, motor learning, and brain decoding. Earlier, I explored recurrent neural networks and causal inference. Before graduate school, I studied math and logic at McGill and spent a lot of time riding a beautiful Marinoni through Montreal’s icy streets.

I live in the majestic Pacific Northwest with my wife and two young boys. Lately, I’ve been diving into home espresso—something that’s proving quite useful!