Daniel M. Katz is a law professor at the University of Chicago’s Kent College of Law, where he also is the director of the Law Lab. His scholarship and teaching integrate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Katz received his Ph.D. in political science and public policy from the University of Michigan. He graduated with a Juris Doctor cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School and simultaneously obtained a Master of Public Policy from the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. See his biography on the University of Chicago website.
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