Patrick Fan joined Tippie College in 2018 and was named Henry B. Tippie Excellence Chair Professor in Business Analytics. Prior to that, he has taught at Virginia Tech for 16 years. He received his Ph.D. in Business Administration from the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 2002, a M. Sce in Computer Science from the National University of Singapore in 1997, and a B. E. in Information and Control Engineering from the Xi'an Jiaotong University, P.R. China, in 1995. 

His research interests focus on the design and development of novel information technologies --- information retrieval, AI, natural language processing, data/text mining, business intelligence, data science, and business analytics --- to support better business information management and decision-making. He has published more than 300 refereed journal and conference papers.  His research has been cited more than 17600 times (H-index: 63) according to Google Scholar. His research has been funded by several National Science Foundation (NSF) grants, China NSF grants, one PWC grant, one KPMG grant, and several other industrial grants.  

He has served or currently serves on the editorial boards for several well-known IS journals: MIS Quarterly, Journal of Association for Information Systems, INFORMS Journal on Data Science, Information Systems Journal, Information and Management, Information Technology and Management, Journal of Electronic Commerce Research and Journal of Database Management. 

He has consulted with many Fortune 500 companies. He also has served as reviewers and advisors for NSF, National Homeland Security, and many Startups.  

Patrick lives in Iowa City with his wife and three boys.