Introduction
Nicholas James Patterson is a staff scientist at the Broad Institute with notable contributions to the area of computational genomics. His work has appeared in scientific journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Genetics. His research has brought a better understanding of early human migrations.He is among the group of scientists who have sequenced the Neanderthal genome in 2010. This was followed by the sequencing of a much higher quality Neanderthal genome, where the subject was from the Altai Mountains, in 2014. These studies have uncovered some unexpected facts about the interbreeding between archaic and modern humans.
Biography
Patterson received his B.A and Ph. D in mathematics at Cambridge University. His doctoral advisor isJohn G. Thompson.Prior to becoming a computational geneticist, Patterson worked at the quantitative trading firm Renaissance Technologies. Prior to that, he worked for the British and the U.S. code-breaking agencies.