About the Tsai Center

SMU Dedman School of Law's Tsai Center for Law, Science and Innovation is a research-focused academic center exploring how law and policy affect scientific research and discovery as well as the development and commercialization of new technologies. The Tsai Center also explores the converse—how scientific discoveries and new technologies affect ethics, society, private industry, and governmental institutions and agencies. The Tsai Center presents education programming, facilitates academic research, and provides educational opportunities that engage students and the academic and business communities interested in law, science and innovation. In short, the Tsai Center exists to engage the public, scholars, students, scientists, and policy-makers.

Co-Directors

Nathan Cortez

Co-Director of the Tsai Center for Law, Science and Innovation and Adelfa Botello Callejo Endowed Professor of Law in Leadership and Latino Studies

David O. Taylor

Founding Co-Director of the Tsai Center for Law, Science and Innovation and Professor of Law
    

Meghan Ryan 

Co-Director of the Tsai Center for Law, Science and Innovation, James Cleo Thompson, Sr. Trustee Professor of Law, Gerald J. Ford Research Fellow, and Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor

Executive Board

  • Nathan Cortez, Co-Director of the Tsai Center for Law, Science and Innovation and Adelfa Botello Callejo Endowed Professor of Law in Leadership and Latino Studies
  • Monika Ehrman, Professor of Law
  • Sari Mazzurco, Assistant Professor of Law
  • Seema Mohapatra, MD Anderson Foundation Endowed Professor in Health Law and Professor of Law
  • Jason Nance, Judge James Noel Dean and Professor of Law
  • Carla L. Reyes, Associate Professor of Law 
  • Meghan J. Ryan, Co-Director of the Tsai Center for Law, Science and Innovation, James Cleo Thompson, Sr. Trustee Professor of Law, Gerald J. Ford Research Fellow, and Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor
  • David O. Taylor, Founding Co-Director of the Tsai Center for Law, Science and Innovation and Professor of Law

Center Staff

Natalie Greco

 

Natalie Thompson Greco '05
Director of Programs and Operations

 

 Tsai Center Scholars

  • 2024-2025: Caroline Brown, Jess Duty, Julia Goodson, Morgan Laing, Laurel McCabe, Brooke Sutter, Niki Carter, Meenakshi Baddela, Grant Maclaurin, Jayson McKinley, Hernan Valles
  • 2023-2024: Rachel Gillespie, Ian Johnson, Val Morrow, Serene Zidan, Caroline Brown, Jess Duty, Julia Goodson, Morgan Laing, Laurel McCabe, Brooke Sutter
  • 2022-2023: Erin Parker, Quinn Prchal, Ryan Vayner, Nicky Wang, Rachel Gillespie, Ian Johnson, Val Morrow, Serene Zidan
  • 2021-2022: Dylan Freeman, Elizabeth Nevins, Marisa Thompson, Jacob Young, Erin Parker, Quinn Prchal, Ryan Vayner, Nicky Wang
  • 2020-2021: Carter Kristek, Nolan McQueen, Morgan Mendicino, Jason Spotts, Elizabeth Nevins, Marisa Thompson, Dylan Freeman, Jacob Young
  • 2019-2020: Elizabeth Chung, Tucker Davison, Carter Kristek, Nolan McQueen, Morgan Mendicino, Jason Spotts, Thomas Tassin
  • 2018-2019: Paul Abelkop, Elizabeth Chung, Richard Cochrane, Jennifer Nguyen, Thomas Tassin
  • 2017-2018: Paul Abelkop, Aly Conwell, Daniel Dower, Tiffany York
  • 2016-2017: Michael Pomeroy, Josh Smith, Hao " Jimmy" Wu, Tiffany York
  • 2015-2016: Alex Bridge, Kristen Zahnow