Associate Dean Daryl Lim joins University Research Council and National Endowment for the Humanities AI review panel

CARLISLE, Pa.—Associate Dean Daryl Lim has accepted appointments to two university-level research roles. He will serve on the Penn State University Research Council (URC) and participate as a reviewer for the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Centers on Artificial Intelligence institutional review panel.

As a member of the University Research Council, Lim will contribute to strategic discussions on research priorities and initiatives across Penn State. Additionally, he will offer insights on federal research developments and trends that impact the university’s research enterprise.

Concurrently, he will serve as a reviewer for the NEH Centers on Artificial Intelligence panel, evaluating submission proposals from Penn State for fairness, transparency, and scholarly merit. Lim’s involvement in both initiatives reflects his commitment to fostering interdisciplinary scholarship and supporting research excellence across the institution.

The University Research Council serves as a key advisory body to the Office of the Senior Vice President for Research, helping to shape policies and programs that advance Penn State’s research mission. The NEH Centers on Artificial Intelligence panel reviews Penn State applications and selects the nomination that Penn State will submit to the NEH.

Daryl Lim is the H. Laddie Montague Jr. Chair in Law at Penn State Dickinson Law. He is also the Associate Dean for Research & Strategic Partnerships and Founding Director of the Intellectual Property (IP) Law and Innovation Initiative. At the university level, he is a co-hire at the Institute of Computational and Data Sciences and an affiliate at the Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence.

Professor Lim is an award-winning author, observer, and commentator on national and global trends in IP and competition policy and how they influence and are influenced by law, technology, economics, and politics. He helps policymakers, attorneys, corporate counsel, scholars, and the public understand the world around them. He is a founding member of the Global IP Alliance and its local chapters in Pennsylvania and Illinois. In addition, he serves as Co-Chair of the University Education Committee in the US IP Alliance.

In December 2022, the American Law Institute elected Professor Lim to its membership based on demonstrated excellence and outstanding professional achievement. In 2023, the US Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission recognized him as “a leading expert in antitrust law and economics” and the IAM Strategy 300, a guide to the industry pioneers with “exceptional skill sets, as well as profound insights into the development, creation, and management of IP value,” named him to its World’s Leading IP Strategists 2023 list. In 2024, he was appointed to the consultative group advising the United Nations Secretary General’s High-Level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence. In 2025, he received the IP Professor of the Year Award at the Global Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence & Technology Conclave & Awards.