Patrick G Burgon is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Earth Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University (Australia), and was supported by a prestigious National Graduate Research Scholarship. He undertook postdoctoral training at Harvard University and Harvard Medical School, where he received exceptional training in molecular signaling, cardiovascular genetics and development. He was recruited to the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (Canada), where he established and led an independent and extramurally funded research program supported by over $3,000,000 in extramural funding. His expertise is sought both nationally and internationally through collaborations and funding bodies such as the Canadian Health Institute of Research and the American Heart Association, where he served as Chair of the Basic Science Research Committee for Developmental Biology. In 2016, the American Heart Association elected him as a Fellow of the American Heart Association for his outstanding contributions and service to the scientific community.