Current Workshops Schedule
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Register for Feb 9, 2025 Risk Management in the Research lab: RAMP Workshop
History of Peer-Led Workshops
The 1st Peer-Led Workshop
In 2018, Dr. Kali A. Miller, at the time a graduate researcher at the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign and involved in the laboratory safety team there, developed a workshop called “Developing Graduate Student Leadership Skills in Laboratory Safety.” Initially supported by the ACS Committee on Chemical Safety, ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety, ACS Safety Programs, and the ACS Office of Graduate Education, the workshop was first held at the ACS National Meeting in Spring 2018. A paper was published describing this pilot workshop and initial survey analysis that can be found here. The workshop continued to be held at ACS National Meetings with different graduate researcher facilitators.
Jessica A. Martin began working closely with Dr. Miller to coordinate, and eventually take over general management of the workshop. They also interviewed graduate researcher leaders of LST teams as a means of learning more about the movement and improving the offerings of the workshop. This resulted in a publication about LSTs that can be found here.
As 2020 approached, the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated a rapid shift to a virtual world. Starting with the Spring 2020 ACS National Meeting, Jessica worked with the Facilitators for that workshop to rapidly convert the workshop to a virtual format. Additionally, graduate researchers representing 12 different LSTs came together to write another peer-reviewed publication that can be found here discussing how the teams have survived the stress test introduced by the COVID-19 pandemic.
As interest in the workshop continued to blossom in the academic community, it was recognized that the virtual version could reach a wider audience and be held independent of conferences. Jessica recruited known and active advocates in the ACS safety community to constitute a Mentorship Team to continue to improve the workshop. Graduate researchers involved in the LST leadership at their own institutions were also regularly recruited to serve as Facilitators and Moderators to share their experiences and improve their own professional skills. The workshop was renamed “Empowering Academic Researchers to Strengthen Safety Culture” in recognition of the changes made to it.
The 2nd Peer-Led Workshop
In 2021, Taysir Bader, Catherine Wilhelm, Kerry Betz, Whitney Hess, Haim Weizman, and Ralph Stuartdeveloped a second workshop called “RAMP Risk Management in the Research Lab”. with funding from an ACS Innovative Project Grant. The goal of the grant was to identify how to use the RAMP paradigm as both an educational and operational tool for chemists in higher education.
The workshop used the same peer-led structure developed in the first workshop, recruiting graduate researchers to help run the workshops as Workshop Leaders, Facilitators, and Moderators. This workshop is also supported by the Mentorship Team. This workshop has been successfully delivered virtually and in-person to both general audiences and specific universities.
2023 Peer-Led Workshops
For 2022 and 2023, Monica Nyansa of the Michigan Technological University is serving as the Workshop Leader for “Empowering Academic Researchers to Strengthen Safety Culture”. She has described her experience with the workshop as part of her professional development in a posting for the ACS Chemistry Grad and Postdoc blog.
For 2022 and 2023, Brady Bresnahan of the University of Minnesota is serving as the Workshop Leader for “RAMP Risk Management in the Research Lab”.
Listed below are all of the individuals who have helped run the workshops as Workshop Leaders, Facilitators, and Moderators. Below that is a list of the fantastic Mentorship Team members!
Please check our workshop schedule for information and registration for the latest workshops!
| Workshop date (year, month) | Role | Name | Institution | Team name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024.11 (Virtual) LST | Facilitator | Ranjana Burman | University of Connecticut | Joint Safety Team |
| 2024.11 (Virtual) LST | Faciliator | Mahmood Norouzi | Michigan Technological University | MTU Chemistry Graduate Safety Committee (MTU CGSC) |
| 2024.11 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Umesha Kumbalathara | The University of Toledo | Graduate Student Safety Team |
| 2024.11 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Deep Shikha Srivastava | University of Connecticut | Joint Safety Team |
| 2024.11 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Mayowa Anifowose | Georgia Institute of Technology | Graduate Student Safety Team |
| 2024.11 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Hafiza Zahra Rab Nawaz | University of South Florida | EHS |
| 2024.11 (Virtual) LST | Workshop Leader | Babatunde Samuel Obadawo | The University of Toledo | Graduate Student Safety Team |
| 2024.08 (Virtual) RAMP | Workshop Leader | Kris Elbein | University of Minnesota | Chemistry and CEMS Joint Safety Team |
| 2024.08 (Virtual) RAMP | Moderator | Sadia Afrin | University of South Dakota | |
| 2024.08 (Virtual) RAMP | Moderator | Omowunmi Rebecca Aworinde | Michigan Technological University | MTU Chemistry Graduate Safety Committee (MTU CGSC) |
| 2024.08 (Virtual) RAMP | Facilitator | Olajumoke M. Ayeni | University of North Texas | |
| 2024.08 (Virtual) RAMP | Moderator | Anelisse Claros | University of Arkansas | Engineering Safety Club |
| 2024.08 (Virtual) RAMP | Moderator | Mayowa Ezekiel Oladipo | Florida International University | Environmental Health and Safety |
| 2024.08 (Virtual) RAMP | Moderator | Karin Stoddart | Seattle University | |
| 2024.08 (Virtual) RAMP | Facilitator | Annesha Sengupta | Texas A&M University | Chemistry Student Safety Committee |
| 2024.06 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Ranjana Burman | University of Connecticut | Joint Safety Team |
| 2024.06 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Mahmood Norouzi | Michigan Technological University | MTU Chemistry Graduate Safety Committee (MTU CGSC) |
| 2024.06 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Adonis Amoli | Michigan Technological University | MTU Chemistry Graduate Safety Committee (MTU CGSC) |
| 2024.06 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Prince Frederick Kwao | University of North Dakota | Chemistry Laboratory Safety |
| 2024.06 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Umesha Kumbalathara | The University of Toledo | Graduate Student Safety Team |
| 2024.06 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Eugene Oga | University of North Dakota | Chemistry Laboratory Safety |
| 2024.06 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Esther Yirenkyiwaa Addo | University of North Dakota | Chemistry Laboratory Safety |
| 2024.06 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Herbert Che Mughe | University of North Dakota | Chemistry Laboratory Safety |
| 2024.06 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Deep Shikha Srivastava | University of Connecticut | Joint Safety Team |
| 2024.06 (Virtual) LST | Facilitator | Marilyn Naeem | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth | UMass EH&S |
| 2024.06 (Virtual) LST | Facilitator | Srijana Pandey | Ohio University | Facilities Management and Safety |
| 2024.06 (Virtual) LST | Workshop Leader | Babatunde Samuel Obadawo | The University of Toledo | Graduate Student Safety Team |
| 2024.04 (Virtual) RAMP | Facilitator | Qaisar Maqbool | University of South Florida | EHS |
| 2024.04 (Virtual) RAMP | Moderator | Omowunmi Rebecca Aworinde | Michigan Technological University | MTU Chemistry Graduate Safety Committee (MTU CGSC) |
| 2024.04 (Virtual) RAMP | Moderator | Kaimin Jia | University of California, Berkeley | Lab Safety Coordinator |
| 2024.04 (Virtual) RAMP | Moderator | Olajumoke M. Ayeni | University of North Texas | |
| 2024.04 (Virtual) RAMP | Moderator | Anelisse Claros | University of Arkansas | Engineering Safety Club |
| 2024.04 (Virtual) RAMP | Moderator | Yuri Lee | UCLA | UCLA EHS |
| 2024.04 (Virtual) RAMP | Moderator | Annesha Sengupta | Texas A&M University | Chemistry Student Safety Committee |
| 2024.04 (Virtual) RAMP | Facilitator | Maya Butler | University of Minnesota | Chemistry and CEMS Joint Safety Team |
| 2024.04 (Virtual) RAMP | Workshop Leader | Kris Elbein | University of Minnesota | Chemistry and CEMS Joint Safety Team |
| 2024.04 (Virtual) RAMP | Moderator | Mahadi Hasan | University of South Dakota | |
| 2024.03 (Virtual) LST | Leader | Babatunde Samuel Obadawo | The University of Toledo | Graduate Student Safety Team |
| 2024.03 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Ranjana Burman | University of Connecticut | Joint Safety Team |
| 2024.03 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Christian McCoy | University of Connecticut | Joint Safety Team |
| 2024.03 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Mahmood Norouzi | Michigan Technological University | MTU Chemistry Graduate Safety Committee (MTU CGSC) |
| 2024.03 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Adonis Amoli | Michigan Technological University | MTU Chemistry Graduate Safety Committee (MTU CGSC) |
| 2024.03 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Prince Frederick Kwao | University of North Dakota | Office of Safety |
| 2024.03 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Umesha Kumbalathara | The University of Toledo | Graduate Student Safety Team |
| 2024.03 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Mahadi Hasan | University of South Dakota | |
| 2024.03 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Nafisa Bala | University of North Dakota | Office of Safety |
| 2024.03 (Virtual) LST | Facilitator | Caroline Donaghy | University of Connecticut | Joint Safety Team |
| 2024.03 (Virtual) LST | Facilitator | Srijana Pandey | Ohio University | Facilities Management and Safety |
| 2023.10 (Virtual) LST | Leader | Monica Nyansa | Michigan Technological University | MTU Chemistry Graduate Safety Committee (MTU CGSC) |
| 2023.10 (Virtual) LST | Facilitator | Babatunde Samuel Obadawo | The University of Toledo | |
| 2023.10 (Virtual) LST | Facilitator | Caroline Donaghy | University of Connecticut | Joint Safety Team |
| 2023.10 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Masha Aleksich | University of Connecticut | Joint Safety Team |
| 2023.10 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Muhammad Qasim Ali | Texas Tech University | |
| 2023.10 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Srijana Pandey | Ohio University | |
| 2023.10 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Marilyn Naeem | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth | |
| 2023.10 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Adonis Amoli | Michigan Technological University | MTU Chemistry Graduate Safety Committee (MTU CGSC) |
| 2023.10 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Antigoni Konstantinou | University of Connecticut | Joint Safety Team |
| 2023.10 (In Person) RAMP | Leader | Brady Bresnahan | University of Minnesota | Chemistry and CEMS Joint Safety Team |
| 2023.10 (In Person) RAMP | Facilitator | Emily Piner | North Carolina State University | |
| 2023.10 (In Person) RAMP | Facilitator | Emma Murphy | University of North Carolina Chapel Hill | UNC Joint Safety Team |
| 2023.08 (Virtual) RAMP | Leader | Brady Bresnahan | University of Minnesota | Chemistry and CEMS Joint Safety Team |
| 2023.08 (Virtual) RAMP | Facilitator | Emily Piner | North Carolina State University | |
| 2023.08 (Virtual) RAMP | Facilitator | Emma Murphy | University of North Carolina Chapel Hill | |
| 2023.08 (Virtual) RAMP | Moderator | Samya Samanta | Texas A&M University | Chemistry Student Safety Committee |
| 2023.08 (Virtual) RAMP | Moderator | Hanne Henricksen | UNC Chapel Hill | UNC Joint Safety Team |
| 2023.08 (Virtual) RAMP | Moderator | Muhammad Zaeem Idrees | University of Idaho | |
| 2023.08 (Virtual) RAMP | Moderator | Mustapha Abdulmojeed | North Carolina State University | |
| 2023.08 (Virtual) RAMP | Moderator | QAISAR MAQBOOL | University of south florida | |
| 2023.08 (Virtual) RAMP | Moderator | Anelisse Claros | University of Arkansas | Engineering Safety Club |
| 2023.08 (Virtual) RAMP | Moderator | Maya Butler | University of Minnesota | Chemistry and CEMS Joint Safety Team |
| 2023.08 (Virtual) RAMP | Moderator | Ivan Cockman | North Carolina State University | |
| 2023.06 (In Person) LST | Leader | Monica Nyansa | Michigan Technological University | MTU Chemistry Graduate Safety Committee (MTU CGSC) |
| 2023.06 (In Person) LST | Facilitator | Brady Bresnahan | University of Minnesota | Chemistry and CEMS Joint Safety Team |
| 2023.06 (In Person) LST | Moderator | Babatunde Samuel Obadawo | The University of Toledo | |
| 2023.06 (In Person) LST | Moderator | Jessica Martin | Mentorship Team Member | |
| 2023. 04 (Virtual) RAMP | Leader | Brady Bresnahan | University of Minnesota | Chemistry and CEMS Joint Safety Team |
| 2023. 04 (Virtual) RAMP | Facilitator | Kris Elbein | University of Minnesota | Chemistry and CEMS Joint Safety Team |
| 2023. 04 (Virtual) RAMP | Facilitator | Aishanee Sur | Texas A & M Univerity | Chemistry Student Safety Committee |
| 2023. 04 (Virtual) RAMP | Moderator | Gretchen Burke | University of Minnesota | Chemistry and CEMS Joint Safety Team |
| 2023. 04 (Virtual) RAMP | Moderator | Kyle Seabourn | University of Idaho | |
| 2023. 04 (Virtual) RAMP | Moderator | Maya Butler | University of Minnesota | Chemistry and CEMS Joint Safety Team |
| 2023. 04 (Virtual) RAMP | Moderator | Rain Talosig | University of California, Irvine | Graduate Safety Team |
| 2023. 04 (Virtual) RAMP | Moderator | Sofia Estela Ramirez Lopez | University of Minnesota | Chemistry and CEMS Joint Safety Team |
| 2023. 04 (Virtual) RAMP | Moderator | Yuri Lee | The Ohio State University | |
| 2023. 04 (Virtual) RAMP | Moderator | Eleni Spanolios | University of Minnesota | Chemistry and CEMS Joint Safety Team |
| 2023. 04 (Virtual) RAMP | Moderator | Qaisar Maqbool | University of South Florida | |
| 2023. 03 (Virtual) LST | Leader | Monica Nyansa | Michigan Technological University | MTU Chemistry Graduate Safety Committee (MTU CGSC) |
| 2023. 03 (Virtual) LST | Facilitator | Adelina Oronova | Michigan Technological University | MTU Chemistry Graduate Safety Committee (MTU CGSC) |
| 2023. 03 (Virtual) LST | Facilitator | Christy Dyer | The University of Memphis | University of Memphis Joint Safety Team |
| 2023. 03 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Jamiu Oyetoro | University of Ibadan | |
| 2023. 03 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Srijana Pandey | Ohio University | |
| 2023. 03 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Babatunde Samuel Obadawo | The University of Toledo | |
| 2023. 03 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Popoola Olamilekan Emmanuel | University of Ibadan | |
| 2023. 03 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Prosenjit Ray | Auburn University | |
| 2023. 03 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Caroline Donaghy | University of Connecticut | Joint Safety Team |
| 2023. 03 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Qaisar Maqbool | University of South Florida | |
| 2022. 11 (Virtual) RAMP | Leader | Brady Bresnahan | University of Minnesota | Chemistry and CEMS Joint Safety Team |
| 2022. 11 (Virtual) RAMP | Facilitator | Hossain Shadman | The University of Memphis | University of Memphis Joint Safety Team |
| 2022. 11 (Virtual) RAMP | Facilitator | Kris Elbein | University of Minnesota | Chemistry and CEMS Joint Safety Team |
| 2022. 11 (Virtual) RAMP | Moderator | Murphi Williams | University of Minnesota | Chemistry and CEMS Joint Safety Team |
| 2022. 11 (Virtual) RAMP | Moderator | Rain Talosig | University of California, Irvine | Graduate Safety Team |
| 2022. 11 (Virtual) RAMP | Moderator | Calla McCulley | Mentorship Team Member | |
| 2022. 11 (Virtual) RAMP | Moderator | Amanda Chung | Mentorship Team Member | |
| 2022. 11 (Virtual) RAMP | Moderator | Ralph Stuart | Mentorship Team Member | |
| 2022. 11 (Virtual) RAMP | Moderator | Samuella Sigmann | Mentorship Team Member | |
| 2022. 10 (Virtual) LST | Leader | Monica Nyansa | Michigan Technological University | MTU Chemistry Graduate Safety Committee (MTU CGSC) |
| 2022. 10 (Virtual) LST | Facilitator | Alex Leon Ruiz | University of California, Los Angeles | Joint Research Safety Initiative (JRSI) |
| 2022. 10 (Virtual) LST | Facilitator | Adelina Oronova | Michigan Technological University | MTU Chemistry Graduate Safety Committee (MTU CGSC) |
| 2022. 10 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Saghar Gomrok | The University of Memphis | University of Memphis Joint Safety Team |
| 2022. 10 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Jamiu Oyetoro | University of Ibadan | |
| 2022. 10 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Popoola Olamilekan Emmanuel | University of Ibadan | |
| 2022. 10 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Christy Dyer | The University of Memphis | University of Memphis Joint Safety Team |
| 2022. 10 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Srijana Pandey | Ohio University | |
| 2022. 10 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Babatunde Samuel Obadawo | The University of Toledo | ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND RADIATION SAFETY |
| 2022. 07 (In Person) RAMP | Facilitator | Taysir Bader | University of Minnesota | Chemistry and CEMS Joint Safety Team |
| 2022. 07 (In Person) RAMP | Facilitator | Brady Bresnahan | University of Minnesota | Chemistry and CEMS Joint Safety Team |
| 2022. 06 (Virtual) LST | Leader | Monica Nyansa | Michigan Technological University | |
| 2022. 06 (Virtual) LST | Facilitator | Hossain Shadman | The University of Memphis | University of Memphis Joint Safety Team |
| 2022. 06 (Virtual) LST | Facilitator | Amanda Chung | University of California, Irvine | Graduate Safety Team |
| 2022. 06 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Dinesh Gautam | Ohio University | |
| 2022. 06 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Christy Dyer | The University of Memphis | University of Memphis Joint Safety Team |
| 2022. 06 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Brady Bresnahan | University of Minnesota | Chemistry and CEMS Joint Safety Team |
| 2022. 06 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Ashan Wettasinghe | University of Texas at Dallas | |
| 2022. 06 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Melissa Alfonso | The University of Memphis | University of Memphis Joint Safety Team |
| 2022. 06 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Adelina Oronova | Michigan Technological University | MTU Chemistry Graduate Safety Committee (MTU CGSC) |
| 2022. 03 (Virtual) LST | Leader | Monica Nyansa | Michigan Technological University | MTU Chemistry Graduate Safety Committee (MTU CGSC) |
| 2022. 03 (Virtual) LST | Facilitator | Rachel Wiley | The University of Memphis | University of Memphis Joint Safety Team |
| 2022. 03 (Virtual) LST | Facilitator | Alex Leon Ruiz | University of California, Los Angeles | Joint Research Safety Initiative (JRSI) |
| 2022. 03 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Hossain Shadman | The University of Memphis | University of Memphis Joint Safety Team |
| 2022. 03 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Amanda Chung | University of California, Irvine | Graduate Safety Team |
| 2022. 03 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Abhijeet Patil | Michigan Technological University | MTU Chemistry Graduate Safety Committee (MTU CGSC) |
| 2022. 03 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Saghar Gomrok | The University of Memphis | University of Memphis Joint Safety Team |
| 2022. 03 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Hemanta Timsina | University of Arkansas | Engineering Safety Club |
| 2022. 03 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Farouq Busari | University of Ibadan (Nigeria) | |
| 2022. 03 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Jessica Martin | Mentorship Team Member | |
| 2022. 03 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Tammy Lutz-Rechtin | Mentorship Team Member | |
| 2022. 01 (In Person) RAMP | Facilitator | Taysir Bader | University of Minnesota | Chemistry and CEMS Joint Safety Team |
| 2022. 01 (In Person) RAMP | Facilitator | Catherine Wilhelm | University of Michigan | |
| 2021. 11 (Virtual) RAMP | Facilitator | Taysir Bader | University of Minnesota | Chemistry and CEMS Joint Safety Team |
| 2021. 11 (Virtual) RAMP | Facilitator | Catherine Wilhelm | University of Michigan | |
| 2021. 10 (Virtual) LST | Leader | Jessica Martin | University of Connecticut | Joint Safety Team |
| 2021. 10 (Virtual) LST | Facilitator | Monica Nyansa | Michigan Technological University | MTU Chemistry Graduate Safety Committee (MTU CGSC) |
| 2021. 10 (Virtual) LST | Facilitator | Calla McCulley | University of Texas at Austin | Chemistry Student Safety Organization (CSSO) |
| 2021. 10 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Austin Moyle | Washington University in St. Louis | Chemistry Peer Review Safety Group (CPRSG) |
| 2021. 10 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Abhijeet Patil | Michigan Technological University | MTU Chemistry Graduate Safety Committee (MTU CGSC) |
| 2021. 10 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Rachel Wiley | The University of Memphis | University of Memphis Joint Safety Team |
| 2021. 10 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Maggi Braasch-Turi | Colorado State University | |
| 2021. 10 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Melissa Alfonso | The University of Memphis | University of Memphis Joint Safety Team |
| 2021. 10 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Hemanta Timsina | University of Arkansas | Engineering Safety Club |
| 2021. 10 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Adelina Oronova | Michigan Technological University | MTU Chemistry Graduate Safety Committee (MTU CGSC) |
| 2021. 10 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Farouq Busari | University of Ibadan (Nigeria) | |
| 2021. 06 (Virtual) LST | Leader | Jessica Martin | University of Connecticut | Joint Safety Team |
| 2021. 06 (Virtual) LST | Facilitator | Lindsey Applegate | University of Iowa | Chemical Safety and Responsibility Stewards (CSARS) |
| 2021. 06 (Virtual) LST | Facilitator | Jessica DeYoung | University of Iowa | Chemical Safety and Responsibility Stewards (CSARS) |
| 2021. 06 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Taysir Bader | University of Minnesota | Joint Safety Team |
| 2021. 06 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Abhijeet Patil | Michigan Technological University | MTU Chemistry Graduate Safety Committee (MTU CGSC) |
| 2021. 06 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Monica Nyansa | Michigan Technological University | MTU Chemistry Graduate Safety Committee (MTU CGSC) |
| 2021. 06 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Calla McCulley | University of Texas at Austin | Chemistry Student Safety Organization (CSSO) |
| 2021. 06 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Rachel Wiley | The University of Memphis | University of Memphis Graduate Safety Team |
| 2021. 06 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Austin Moyle | Washington University in St. Louis | Chemistry Peer Review Safety Group (CPRSG) |
| 2021. 06 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Maggi Braasch-Turi | Colorado State University | |
| 2021. 02 (Virtual) LST | Leader | Jessica Martin | University of Connecticut | Joint Safety Team |
| 2021. 02 (Virtual) LST | Facilitator | Alex Leon Ruiz | UCLA | Joint Research Safety Initiative |
| 2021. 02 (Virtual) LST | Facilitator | Dagen Hughes | University of Iowa | Chemical Safety and Responsibility Stewards (CSARS) |
| 2021. 02 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Lindsey Applegate | University of Iowa | Chemical Safety and Responsibility Stewards (CSARS) |
| 2021. 02 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Jessica DeYoung | University of Iowa | Chemical Safety and Responsibility Stewards (CSARS) |
| 2021. 02 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Cristian Aviles-Martin | University of Connecticut | Joint Safety Team |
| 2021. 02 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Taysir Bader | University of Minnesota | Joint Safety Team |
| 2021. 02 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Melissa Alfonso | University of Memphis | University of Memphis Joint Safety Team |
| 2021. 02 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Abhijeet Patil | Michigan Technological University | MTU Chemistry Graduate Safety Committee (MTU CGSC) |
| 2021. 02 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Monica Nyansa | Michigan Technological University | MTU Chemistry Graduate Safety Committee (MTU CGSC) |
| 2021. 02 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Calla McCulley | University of Texas at Austin | Chemistry Student Safety Organization (CSSO) |
| 2020. 11 (Virtual) LST | Leader | Jessica Martin | University of Connecticut | Joint Safety Team |
| 2020. 11 (Virtual) LST | Facilitator | Sarah Zinn | University of Chicago | The Joint Research Safety Initiative |
| 2020. 11 (Virtual) LST | Facilitator | Jessica DeYoung | University of Iowa | Chemical Safety and Responsibility Stewards (CSARS) |
| 2020. 11 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Marta Gmurczyk | Mentorship Team Member | |
| 2020. 11 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Mary Beth Koza | Mentorship Team Member | |
| 2020. 11 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Lindsey Applegate | University of Iowa | Chemical Safety and Responsibility Stewards (CSARS) |
| 2020. 11 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Dagen Hughes | University of Iowa | Chemical Safety and Responsibility Stewards (CSARS) |
| 2020. 11 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Kali Miller | Mentorship Team Member | |
| 2020. 11 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | David Finster | Mentorship Team Member | |
| 2020. 11 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Cristian Aviles-Martin | University of Connecticut | Joint Safety Team |
| 2020. 11 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Alex Leon Ruiz | UCLA | Joint Research Safety Initiative |
| 2020. 08 (Virtual) LST | Leader | Jessica Martin | University of Connecticut | Joint Safety Team |
| 2020. 08 (Virtual) LST | Facilitator | Cristian Aviles-Martin | University of Connecticut | Joint Safety Team |
| 2020. 08 (Virtual) LST | Facilitator | Alex Leon Ruiz | UCLA | Joint Research Safety Initiative |
| 2020. 08 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Sarah Zinn | University of Chicago | The Joint Research Safety Initiative |
| 2020. 08 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Jessica DeYoung | University of Iowa | Chemical Safety and Responsibility Stewards (CSARS) |
| 2020. 08 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Kali Miller | Mentorship Team Member | |
| 2020. 08 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Marta Gmurczyk | Mentorship Team Member | |
| 2020. 08 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Sammye Sigmann | Mentorship Team Member | |
| 2020. 08 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | David Finster | Mentorship Team Member | |
| 2020. 08 (Virtual) LST | Moderator | Ralph Stuart | Mentorship Team Member | |
| 2020. 03 (Virtual) LST | Leader | Jessica Martin | University of Connecticut | Joint Safety Team |
| 2020. 03 (Virtual) LST | Facilitator | Victor Beaumont | Yale University | Chemistry Joint Safety Team |
| 2020. 03 (Virtual) LST | Facilitator | Veronica Hayes | University of Connecticut | Joint Safety Team |
| 2019. 08 (In Person) LST | Leader | Kali Miller | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Chemistry Joint Safety Team |
| 2019. 08 (In Person) LST | Facilitator | Jessica Martin | University of Connecticut | Joint Safety Team |
| 2019. 08 (In Person) LST | Facilitator | Chandra Karki | The University of South Dakota | |
| 2019. 06 (In Person) LST | Leader | Kali Miller | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Chemistry Joint Safety Team |
| 2019. 06 (In Person) LST | Facilitator | Jessica Martin | University of Connecticut | Joint Safety Team |
| 2019. 06 (In Person) LST | Facilitator | David Finster | Mentorship Team Member | |
| 2019. 03 (In Person) LST | Leader | Kali Miller | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Chemistry Joint Safety Team |
| 2019. 03 (In Person) LST | Facilitator | Kendra Denlinger | Xavier University | |
| 2018. 08 (In Person) LST | Leader | Kali Miller | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Chemistry Joint Safety Team |
| 2018. 08 (In Person) LST | Facilitator | Kaitlin Tyler | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Chemistry Joint Safety Team |
| 2018. 03 (In Person) LST | Leader | Kali Miller | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Chemistry Joint Safety Team |
| 2018. 03 (In Person) LST | Facilitator | Michail Vlysidis | University of Minnesota | Joint Safety Team |
Description of Roles:
Leader: Recruits and trains Facilitators and Moderators; manages updates to workshop content; organizes logistics; communicates with participants before and after workshop as needed; manages technology during the workshop; leads pre-workshop practice and post-workshop review sessions for Facilitators with the Mentorship Team
Facilitator: Student researchers who have previously attended the workshop and served as Moderators, participate in updates to workshop content through pre-workshop practice and post-workshop review sessions with the Leader and Mentorship Team; delivers workshop content to live audience; facilitates small group and large group activities and discussion during the workshop.
Moderator (Position created for virtual workshops): Student researchers who have previously attended the workshop who now serve in the practice audience for pre-workshop practice sessions and participate in post-workshop review sessions; contribute to updates to workshop content; monitor Breakout Room activities during the workshop.
Mentorship Team: This team is a group of senior CHAS members and other safety professionals who support the workshop leaders with content review and advice and who also serve as back-up moderators for virtual workshops.
Meet some of our mentors –
Samuella B. Sigmann retired from Appalachian State University in 2022 where she worked in the Chemistry Department for more than 30 years. Prior to retirement she was the Stockroom Director, a Senior Lecturer, and the departmental Chemical Hygiene Officer. She self describes as a chemical safety educator. As the 2022-2024 Chair of the ACS Committee on Chemical Safety, she has worked on numerous projects for the ACS to produce educational safety materials for students at all educational levels. Mentoring the graduate students in the Peer Led workshops has been an opportunity to ensure that the next generation of researchers and educators have the necessary competencies chemical safety competencies.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samuella-sigmann-75932220/
Publications here: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9705-2477
Committee on Chemical Safety
Division of Chemical Health and Safety
Amanda Chung is the Chemical Hygiene Officer at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, was a 2022 LST Workshop moderator and facilitator and has been a mentor for the peer-led workshops since 2023.
Tammy Lutz-Rechtin is the safety coordinator and an educator in the Ralph E. Martin Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Arkansas, with over 30 years of experience in chemical and biological research and safety education. She is passionate about integrating safety into engineering design and working directly with faculty, staff, and students to foster a culture of safety.
2024 Mentorship Team
- Samuella Sigmann
- Dwayne Henry
- Amanda Chung
- Bridget Morris
- Adelina Oronova
- Marta Gyurczyk
2023 Mentorship Team
- Amanda Chung
- Calla McCulley
- Catherine Wilhelm
- Dwayne Henry
- Jessica Martin
- Kali Miller
- Marta Gmurczyk
- Mary Beth Koza
- Sammye Sigmann
- Sara Johnson
- Sarah Zinn
- Tammy Lutz-Rechtin
- Taysir Bader
- Tilak Chandra
- Ken Kretchman
2022 Mentorship Team
- Marta Gmurczyk
- Kali A. Miller
- Jessica Martin
- Tammy M. Lutz-Rechtin
- Dwayne Henry
2021 Mentorship Team
- Kali A. Miller
- David Finster
- Marta Gmurczyk
- Mary Beth Koza
- Ralph Stuart
- Samuella Sigmann