Professor Rickie Patani is a neurologist and cell biologist whose work focuses on understanding neurodegenerative disorders and developing new approaches to treatment.
He trained in neurology in the UK, including at UCL Queen Square and Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge. He obtained his PhD and completed post-doctoral work at the University of Cambridge before establishing his laboratory at the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology in 2013.
Rickie later moved to the Francis Crick Institute and was elected Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 2018. He was appointed Professor at UCL in 2019 and has since taken up the role of Director of the Neurobiology Programme at the NUS Life Sciences Institute, where he is also Professor of Neuroscience in the Departments of Medicine and Anatomy.
Rickie’s research focuses on neurodegenerative diseases, including ALS and frontotemporal dementia, using human stem cell models to better understand disease mechanisms and uncover potential new therapies.