Dr. Truby is Director of the Centre for Law & Development at Qatar University College of Law, alegal research and policy centre focused on delivering solutions to the needs of Qatar's National Development Strategy. Its current research and roundtable agenda focuses upon financial innovation for Qatar's economic diversification, including artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, digital currencies and blockchain technology. As a lawyer and academic established in law, policy and social sciences, he has secured major research grants from Qatar Foundation as well as other corporate and public sponsors, enabling him to research and publish in areas of interest including financial innovation and regulation, cybersecurity, AML/CFT, taxation and commercial law. He also studies policy tools to impact social behavior towards to achieve decarbonization and other sustainability objectives to mitigate climate change. Before joining QU College of Law in 2010, Dr. Truby taught graduate and undergraduate courses on the LLM and LLB courses at Newcastle Law School (England).