Dr. Adam Muchmore

Biography

Professor Adam Muchmore focuses his research on food and drug regulation and is interested in the role of uncertainty, delegation, and discretion in complex regulatory systems, alongside regulation of international business and the civil litigation process. He is the author of 'Food Drug Regulation: Statutory Approach' (2021) and 'Food Drug Regulation: Statutory Regulatory Supplement' (2024 Edition), both published by Carolina Academic Press. Professor Muchmore graduated from Yale Law School in 2003, where he also served as the co-editor-in-chief of the Yale Journal of International Law. Following graduation, he served as a law clerk for Judge Keith P. Ellison of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas and Judge Karen Nelson Moore of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He worked as a litigation associate in the Washington, D.C., office of Sidley Austin LLP, where his practice focused on the life sciences industry. Prior to joining Penn State, he was a Bigelow Teaching Fellow and Lecturer in Law at the University of Chicago Law School. He regularly teaches courses on Food and Drug Regulation, Conflict of Laws, and Civil Procedure, and served as Associate Dean for Research Partnerships from July 2017 to December 2018.

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