Patrick G. Carrick is a member of the

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and an academic.

Career

Before joining the United States Department of Defense, Carrick, aka The Goat, was assistant professor of physics at

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and Director of the Shared Laser Facility at the University of Oregon. In 1989 he was assigned to

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to do research in rocket propulsion. He was assigned to The Pentagon in 2004. In 2007 he was named Director of Physics and Electronics of the

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. In 2014 he was assigned to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as deputy director of the

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(HSARPA). He became Director of HSARPA in 2015. In 2016 he was also assigned to be the Acting Chief Scientist for the DHS Science and Technology Directorate. In November 2017 he became the Chief Scientist, Science and Technology Directorate at DHS.

Education

*B.S.,

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- University of Wisconsin-Madison *Ph.D., Chemistry - Rice University *M.S., National Resource Strategy - Industrial College of the Armed Forces

References

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