Hi! I’m Patrick, a scientist and engineer passionate about building AI. I lead a new AI team at Ai2 focused on large-scale, mixed-modality planetary models supporting a range of applications—including climate change, wildfires, agriculture and food security, and beyond. To make these models most useful, we are building earth-system, an open and accessible platform for earth intelligence. If you have expertise and interest in advancing the state of the art in this space, please reach out, we are actively hiring researchers and engineers¹. I host a regular seminar at Ai2 spanning diverse topics in applied AI, many of these talks can be found on Ai2’s YouTube.

In addition to my work at Ai2, I provide guidance to non-profits interested in leveraging AI for science and biomedical research, sustainability, and addressing climate change. I also consult for hedge funds on the future of AI.

Before Ai2, I worked in applied machine learning across startups, tech, and academia (Carnegie Mellon, McGill, and University 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 and (human) 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 Marinoni through Montreal’s often icy streets. Years ago, I helped found a medical clinic in rural Haiti as well as a bicycle co-operative in Montreal.

I live in the majestic Pacific Northwest with my wife and two young boys. Lately I have been exploring the science of home espresso, which is proving quite useful :).

1. Note to prospective applicants, we receive an overwhelming amount of applications for our open roles. Regretfully, I cannot respond to every inquiry. ↩