Professor Gary Patti

Professor Gary Patti is a pioneer of mass spectrometry-based technologies to perform metabolomics, lipidomics, and chemical exposomics at the population level with high throughput. He has contributed to the development of key computational resources that are widely used by scientists around the world, and he currently leads the NIH Omics Production Center. By applying these technologies to cancer, Professor Patti has elucidated mechanisms underlying the Warburg effect and previously unrecognized pathways for the utilization of lactate, fatty acids, fructose, and other dietary nutrients.  

Dr. Patti is the Michael and Tana Powell Professor at Washington University in St. Louis, where he holds appointments in the departments of chemistry, genetics, and medicine. Professor Patti is the Senior Director of the Center for Mass Spectrometry and Metabolic Tracing, Director of the Clinical Science Research Core, Co-Director of the Metabolomics Core at the Siteman Cancer Center, Dean's Fellow of Advancement and Entrepreneurship, Director of Faculty Affairs, and the Chief Scientific Officer and Co-Founder of Panome Bio.  

Professor Patti has been recognized with numerous awards including the Pew Scholars Award, the Camille Dreyfus Award, the Mallinckrodt Scholar Award, the American Chemical Society Midwest Award, and the inaugural NIEHS Award for revolutionizing innovative, visionary environmental health research.