Patrick D. Gallagher

Patrick D. Gallagher
Gallagher in 2013
18th Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh
In office August 1, 2014 – July 17, 2023
Preceded by	Mark Nordenberg
Succeeded by	Joan Gabel
Acting United States Deputy Secretary of Commerce
In office June 1, 2013 – July 24, 2014
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Rebecca Blank
Succeeded by	Bruce H. Andrews
7th Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
In office November 5, 2009 – June 19, 2014
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	William A. Jeffrey
Succeeded by	Willie E. May
Personal details
Born	(1963-03-29) March 29, 1963 (age 61) Albuquerque, New Mexico, US
Alma mater	Benedictine College (BS) University of Pittsburgh (PhD)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	National Institute of Standards and Technology University of Pittsburgh
Thesis	The interaction of colloidal polystyrene latex spheres with a critical binary liquid mixture (1991)
Doctoral advisor	James V. Maher

Patrick David Gallagher (born March 29, 1963) is an American physicist and former chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh. He previously served as acting United States deputy secretary of commerce from 2013 to 2014 and director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology from 2009 and 2014.

Following his resignation from the chancellor position at Pitt, he joined the school's Department of Physics and Astronomy.