The Laboratory Safety Institute Staff

The Laboratory Safety Institute is a nonprofit educational institution providing safety courses and consulting for chemical laboratories worldwide.

Over the past 40 years, we have taught courses to more than 100,000 people in 30 countries, spanning 130 different industries, including research, high-tech, government, medicine, and academia. Our courses open eyes with real-life stories that teach unforgettable safety lessons. We help schools and corporations to improve their safety policies and programs, reducing injuries (and resulting lawsuits) and helping businesses be OSHA compliant.

Virtually any lab, anywhere can benefit from our safety courses. which are regularly held in select cities throughout the U.S. and Canada. We also offer live webinars, online courses, and instructional DVDs.

The Laboratory Safety Institute
508-647-1900
info@labsafetyinstitute.org

Elizabeth Braun, Ph.D.

Elizabeth Braun, Ph.D.

Director of Educational Content and Learning

Elizabeth Braun comes to LSI after leading a team of teachers in developing the chemistry curriculum for Cypress-Fairbanks ISD in Texas, where she also oversaw the safety program. She has worked the last three years developing a Chemical Hygiene Plan and creating standard operating procedures for the safe handling, storage, and disposal of chemicals in the district. She was also responsible for rolling out safety initiatives to teachers (6-12) through professional development trainings that she created and facilitated.

She has a passion for science safety and brings 8 years of experience in public education, 6 years of graduate research experience in chemistry, and 5 years of college level teaching experience to the team. She holds her bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Sam Houston State University, master’s and doctoral degrees in chemistry from The University of Texas at Dallas. Elizabeth has 7 peer-reviewed publications in the field of bioanalytical chemistry and was selected as the inaugural Teacher of the Year for Bridgeland High School her second year teaching.

elizabeth@labsafety.org

Jim Kaufman, Ph.D.

Jim Kaufman, Ph.D.

Founder, Instructor

Dr. Kaufman has retired from his position as Professor of Chemistry at Curry College near Boston, Massachusetts. Prior to Curry, he was a research chemist at Dow Chemical. While there, he became increasingly involved in lab safety activities and authored Laboratory Safety Guidelines, which has become the world's most widely distributed lab safety publication. Dr. Kaufman is regarded as the nation's foremost authority on safety instruction in academia. He is the author-narrator of the ACS audio course on laboratory safety and editor of Waste Disposal in Academic Institutions, (Lewis Publishers), as well as the "One-Day Lab Safety Audio Seminar" and "Two-Day Lab Video Short Course."

Additionally, Dr. Kaufman is a past chair of the International Council for Associations of Science Education (ICASE), Committee on Safety in Science Education.
jim@labsafety.org

Christina McKeon

Christina McKeon

Executive Director

Christina McKeon was with LSI from 2006-2017, and we're delighted Christina McKeon has rejoined us after spending a few years as the environmental, health and safety manager at the Museum of Science in Boston Massachusetts. She has been dedicated to ensuring safety is an integral and important part of science and science education throughout her career. She truly enjoys ensuring a safe environment for educators and visitors for informal science education that is high-quality and highly engaging - the "wow without the ow!" During the course of her career, she has had continued success with biological safety, chemical safety, facility safety programs, and providing safety training programs to all levels of academia, industry and government within North America and abroad. In addition, she has experience with emergency response planning, radiation safety, research compliance coordination, and environmental sustainability.
christina@labsafety.org

Connor Michael

Connor Michael

Safety Programs Manager

Connor has worked for more than 8 years in laboratory safety. Prior to that, he worked in advertising and PR for 13 years at LaVoie Health Science and the American Lung Association. He has a degree in Advertising from the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Colorado. He enjoys the variety of assignments involved in working in a nonprofit environment and implementing creative strategies to engage science professionals in lab safety.
connor@labsafety.org

Alie Schreck

Alie Schreck

Operations Manager

Alie Schreck is a graduate of Assumption College '20 and Assumption University's Grenon School of Business '21. Alie's favorite part of her job is getting to meet new people!
alie@labsafety.org