University of California Santa Barbara

Luciano Kay is a Postdoctoral Scholar with the Center for Nanotechnology in Society at University of California Santa Barbara (CNS-UCSB) and a Research Associate with The Georgia Tech Program in Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (STIP) at Georgia Tech. He has several years of experience in policy research and analysis related with economic development, science and technology (S&T) and innovation policy topics. Lately, his work has focused mainly on prizes and other incentives for innovation and the societal and economic impact of emerging technologies.

Nathan J. Francis

Nathan J. Francis is a Ph.D. student in the Askew School of Public Administration and Policy at the Florida State University. His research interests lie in the areas of local government environmental issues, local government institutions, and local government fiscal capacity.