Our Mission:

The  Leather  Research  Institute (LRI)  provides   research, education,  and  services  directed  at  expanding the leather  tanning and  finished  leather products industry in the United States.

The fundamental purpose of the LRI is to serve as a catalyst, for   the expansion  of  the  industry  through  a  program  of  research and information dissemination that builds  a stronger domestic   market   for   hides  and  skins  and  the  domestic manufacture of leather products.

    

                                     

Dennis Shelly, Ph.D.
Director
Leather Research Institute
Associate Professor Chemistry
Texas Tech University

 

Member:

Leather Industries Of America.    American Leather Chemists Association. U.S.Hide, Skin And Leather Association. National Bison Association.           American Ostrich Association.         American Alligator Cycle of Protection. 

 


               Selected Publications 

  •  D.C. Shelly, Eleanor M.Brown, "SamplingStrategies For Infrared Spectroscopic Studies of Raw,Pickled,And In-Process Chrome Tanned Bovine Hides  ".

 

  •  D.C. Shelly,Luisa F. Cabeza and Scott A.Ortkiese "Operational ,Regulatory And Economic Consideration For Recovering A U.S.P.-Grade Gelatin From Wet-Blue Wastes",

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