Professor and Harry Reasoner Regents Chair in Law, School of Law
dadelman@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 0877

Expertise: David E. Adelman teaches and writes in the areas of environmental law, intellectual property law, and climate change policy. Professor Adelman’s research focuses on the many interfaces between law and science. His articles have addressed such topics as the implications of emerging genomic technologies for toxics regulation, the tensions between legal and scientific evidentiary standards in regulatory decision making, and development of effective policies for promoting innovation relevant to addressing climate change.

Professor, Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
busbyj@utexas.edu
+1 512 471 8946

Expertise: Busby is the author of several studies on climate change, national security, and energy policy from the Council on Foreign Relations, the Brookings Institution, the German Marshall Fund, and the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). Busby is one of the lead researchers in the Strauss Center project on Climate Change and African Political Stability (CCAPS), a $7.6 million grant funded by the U.S. Department of Defense. He has also written on U.S.-China relations on climate change for CNAS and Resources for the Future.

Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences
cardenas@jsg.utexas.edu
+1 512 471 6897

Expertise: Hydrology and Hydrogeology

Clinical Professor, School of Law
kharagan@law.utexas.edu

Expertise: Environmental law, Clean Air Act, air permitting

Professor, School of Law
tmcgarity@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1384

Expertise: administrative law, environmental law, food safety law, and torts

Director, Center for European Studies, Department of Government, College of Liberal Arts
mosserm@austin.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 7280

Expertise: International relations; security studies; comparative foreign policy; Western Europe; European security; military art and science; military sociology

Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Communication Studies, Moody College of Communication
larry.schooler@austin.utexas.edu

Expertise: conflict resolution; mediation; consensus building; civic/community/public engagement (involving the public in decisions that affect them) (sometimes also called deliberative democracy); digital engagement (using technology innovatively to involve the public in decision making); restorative justice; transitional justice; memory/memorials and historic preservation; accessibility; public policy and public administration; urban affairs/urban planning

Professor, School of Law
david.spence@mccombs.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1369

Executive Director, Kay Bailey Hutchison Center for Energy, Law, and Business
mtaylor@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 3641

Expertise: Melinda E. Taylor is a Senior Lecturer and Executive Director of the Center for Global Energy, International Arbitration and Environmental Law. Taylor joined the faculty of the Law School in January 2006. Prior to joining the faculty, she was the director of the Ecosystem Restoration Program of Environmental Defense where she managed a staff of attorneys, scientists and economists engaged in projects to protect endangered species and water resources across the United States. Taylor has also served as deputy general counsel of the National Audubon Society in Washington, D.C. and was an associate at Bracewell & Patterson in Washington.

Professor, School of Law
wwagner@law.utexas.edu
+1 512 232 1477

Expertise: Professor Wagner is a leading authority on the use of science by environmental policy-makers. Prof. Wagner’s research focuses on the intersection of law and science, with particular attention to environmental policy.