Patrick is an inventor of ground-breaking instrumental techniques that have changed the way in which scientists can view electrochemical and interfacial processes. His inventions in the fields of electrochemical imaging allow the key building blocks and features of complex electrodes to be targeted and studied in exquisite detail. Generations of scientists across the globe have been inspired to take up and use techniques and instruments developed in his group to solve a wide range of scientific problems, and several companies manufacture instruments that are based on his inventions. He is the author of more than 450 published papers, book chapters and patents.

 Patrick is Professor and Head of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Warwick. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS), the UK’s national academy of science, in 2024. He is a Fellow of the International Society of Electrochemistry (2011) and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC, 2012). His achievements have been recognized by many major international prizes and lectureships from the Royal Society of Chemistry (Marlow, Corday-Morgan, Barker and Tilden medals and prizes), the American Chemical Society (Electrochemistry Award from the Analytical Chemistry Division), the International Society of Electrochemistry (Experimental Electrochemistry Award and Vetter Prize for Electrochemical Kinetics) and the Society of Electroanalytical Chemistry (Charles N. Reilley Award). He was a European Research Council Advanced Investigator (2010-15) and Royal Society Wolfson Merit Awardee (2017-22). He is the founding Editor-in-Chief (2024) of ACS Electrochemistry, published by the American Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific publisher.

Patrick graduated from the University of Liverpool (BSc Honours, 1st class, 1985), with the Leverhulme Prize and Leblanc Medal as the top-ranked student in the Department of Chemistry, and then obtained a DPhil at the University of Oxford (1989). He was elected Junior Research Fellow at Balliol College, Oxford (1988), before winning a SERC/NATO Fellowship, which he held at the University of Texas at Austin, USA, where he worked with Prof. Al Bard. Patrick established the Warwick Electrochemistry & Interfaces Group in 1991 and he has been Lecturer (1991-96), and Senior Lecturer (1996-98), before becoming Professor at Warwick (since 1998). He was Founding Director of the Warwick Centre for Analytical Sciences (2008-11) and Founding Director of the EPSRC-Warwick Molecular Analytical Science Centre for Doctoral Training (2014-23).

More than 80 PhD students have graduated under Patrick's supervision, along with 35 postdoctoral fellows. More than 30 former members of his group have independent academic positions and set up their own groups in institutions around the world. Many others have leadership positions in industry internationally.

Beyond science and electrochemistry, Pat is a keen runner, hiker and musician (vocals, keyboard and guitar). He occasionally performs live, and has recorded some of his original songs with his band paparoro.

Groups at Warwick

• Warwick Electrochemistry & Interfaces