Patrick Roberts received a BA in Archaeology and Anthropology, an MSc in Archaeological Science, and DPhil in Archaeological Science at the University of Oxford. Between 2016 and 2022 he was Group Leader and then W2 Scientist of the Department of Archaeology at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. Since 2022 he has been the W2 Independent Research Group Leader of the isoTROPIC Research Group at the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology and Lead Scientist of the Department of Archaeology. Patrick is committed to pioneering and applying multidisciplinary approaches to studying long-term relationships of our species and the Earth system. In 2021, Patrick was awarded the Heinz Maier Leibniz Prize, the top award for early career investigators in Germany and the first time that it has been awarded to an archaeologist. In 2022, he received the Thuringian Forschungspreis from the Thuringian Ministry of Economics, Science, and Digital Society for fundamental research. He is a member of the iHOPE network, has served on UNESCO panels, and is also a National Geographic Explorer.