The Center for Science & Law brings together data scientists, neuroscientists, legal scholars, programmers, ethicists, judges, and policymakers with aim to harness scientific advances to construct a cost-effective legal system with higher utility and lower cost.
We focus on developing new technologies that can directly interact with the criminal justice system in a novel and more effective way.
Educational Affiliations
David Eagleman, PhD
Director
David is an adjunct professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He is the writer and presenter of The Brain, an international 6-hour television series that asks what it means to be human from a neuroscientist's point of view. He has authored several books on neuroscience, including the New York Times bestseller Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain, which introduced the issues of neurolaw into the public dialogue. David regularly speaks on neurolaw on NPR, BBC, and CNN, and has been profiled in venues from the New Yorker to the Colbert Report. He is a Guggenheim Fellow, a council member on the World Economic Forum, a research fellow in the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, and a board member of The Long Now Foundation.
Gabe Haarsma, PhD
Chief Data Scientist
Gabe spearheads the Center's big data analysis of millions of crime records. He was trained as a chemical engineer with a specialization in Process Control. This experience exposed Gabe to his love of data analysis, visualization and mathematical model building. Gabe spends his days coding in the statistical language R to analyze and visualize patterns of crime and recidivism.
Sasha Davenport
Chief of Operations
Sasha's background is in neuroscience, law, and business. As a McNair Scholar researching psychological coercion and false confessions and worked with adult & juveniles in Rikers Island. Her work on cognition & tactical warfare was presented at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Other research as a PhD candidate ranged from studying neurogenesis & memory in songbirds, to exploring empathy and aggression neural networks using fMRI.
Seán Patrick Judge
Center Administrator
Seán is the Lab Manager, bringing organization and sanity to the activities here. Outside the lab, he is one of Houston's most sought-after actors. Seán has always been fascinated by the inner workings of the human brain, and thrives as part of an exciting research environment.
Mikayla Dilbeck
Research Fellow
Mikayla recently graduated Cum Laude from UC Santa Cruz with a B.S. in Neuroscience, Highest Honors. Shwe works on exploring ways technology, brain science, and the law impact each other, and how policy can be improved with this knowledge. She assists with the research, development, and outreach of neurolaw projects.
Devonte White, PhD
Research Fellow
Devonte received his PhD in Administration of Justice at Texas Southern University. His research interests include crime in the NFL with a focus on domestic violence and repeat offenders. He received a BA in Criminology from Florida State University in 2014 and MA in Criminal Justice from Florida A&M University in 2015. Devonte is currently interning with the Federal Bureau of Investigations on the Human Trafficking/Civil Rights Squad.
Board of Directors
Advisors
Affiliates
Benjamin Bumann, JD
Research Fellow, Associate, McCafferty & Company
Joseph Kass, JD, MDResearch Associate
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Medical Ethics, Baylor College of Medicine
Sarah Isgur Flores, JDResearch Fellow
Associate, Oaks, Hartline, and Daly
Daniel S. Goldberg, JD, PhDResearch Associate
Assistant Professor, Department of Bioethics and Interdisciplinary Studies, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University
Jennie Choe, MS
Research Fellow, Medical Student, Yale Medical School
Adam Kolber, JDResearch Associate
Professor, Brooklyn Law School // Founder, Center for Health, Science, and Public Policy
Amy McGuire, JD, PhDResearch Associate
Director, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine
Andrea Nelson, MDResearch Fellow
Psychiatry Resident, Baylor College of Medicine
Federico Gustavo PizzettiFaculty Associate
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Milan
Jayme Reisler, JDResearch Fellow
Attorney at Law
JP Singh, JDResearch Fellow
Associate, Oaks, Hartline, and Daly
Tamara Tabo, JDResearch Fellow
Instructor, Center for Legal Pedagogy, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University
Daisy Thompson-LakeResearch Fellow
Clinical Research Manager, Baylor College of Medicine