
Committees
University Laboratory Safety Committee
Chair
Mitch Magee, Ph.D. Chair, Research Professor, Biodesign Center for Personal Diagnostics
The committee is advisory to the Provost and the executive vice president of Knowledge Enterprise on aspects of promoting a strong safety culture for academic and all research endeavors at ASU. The committee is charged with the monitoring of safety programs to assess and ensure the safe use of Particularly Hazardous Substances (e.g., chemicals) at ASU as well as physical energy sources (e.g., machines, power presses etc.) that may present a hazard to university researchers, students and guests.
The committee will also provide guidance for forming and the utilization of unit safety committees, annual unit safety reports, and work to obtain resources for safety improvements and awards to build and promote a strong safety culture within each unit. The committee is appointed by and is responsible to the Vice President for Research, who reports to the executive vice president.
Membership
- Benjamin Timpson, Assistant Professor, School of Art
- Douglas Green, Courtesy Affiliate, Emeritus Professor, College of Integrative Science and Arts (Poly)
- Carol Johnston, Senior Associate Dean and Professor, College of Health Solutions
- Richard Hervig, Professor, School of Earth and Space Exploration
- Thomas Cahill, Associate Professor, School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences
- Rita Bottesch, Assistant Director, Fulton Schools of Engineering
- Sarah Arrowsmith, Laboratory Research Coordinator, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
- Shawn Youngstedt, Professor, Edson College – PhD
- Taylor Weiss, Assistant Professor, Environmental and Resource Management, The Polytechnic School
- Tsafrir Mor, Professor, School of Life Sciences
- Yujin Park, Assistant Professor, CISA – School of Applied Sciences and Arts
Non-Voting
- Mary Turlington-Powell, Biosafety and Biosecurity, EHS
- Michael Gaskin, Facilities Management KE
- Alexander Krikliwy, Facilities Management KE
- Benjamin Mitsuda, Office of General Counsel
- Debra Murphy, Knowledge Enterprise
- Neha Chawla, Environmental Health and Safety
- Michael Anderson, Enterprise Risk and Resilience
- Rudy Bellavia, University Business Services, Office of Business and Finance
- Susan Mahieu-Phillips, ASUHS Clinical Lead