Eugene Patronis, Jr. is the holder of both the Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. 

Mr. Patronis is one of the most influential and intriguing men in audio.  Patronis' lif-long passion for audio and acoustics begun while working as a projectioinist in a movie theater.

He is now Professor of Physics, Emeritus at the Georgia Institute of
Technology where he taught and performed research for fifty-one years. During his teaching career he founded programs in applied physics in the areas of acoustics, electronic instrumentation, and computer interfacing. In addition to numerous refereed scientific publications dealing with nuclear physics, electronics, acoustics, and audio, he has authored chapters in five reference handbooks dealing with nuclear physics, electronics, and audio engineering.

He is also the author or co-author of seven audio related patents. Throughout his career he served as consultant to both industry and to government and is continuing to serve as a consultant to the Army Research Laboratory.