Laboratory Safety Committee
Purpose
The Laboratory Safety Committee (LSC) provides guidance and administrative oversight of environmental health and safety issues associated with laboratory activities. Through consideration of laboratory safety issues in a holistic manner, the LSC develops policies to reduce risks that are associated with laboratory operations.
Committee Minutes
Contact EH&S for LSC meeting minutes.
Committee Issues (Typical)
- Reproductive Health
- Laboratory closeout
- Laboratory safety training
- Hazardous materials procurement and inventory
- Laboratory safety assessments
Major Regulatory Drivers
- OSHA
- Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Chemicals in Laboratories
- Washoe County District Health Department, Air Quality Management Division
- Laboratory Hood Air Discharge Permit
- Nevada State Fire Marshall
- Fire and Life Safety; chemical inventories
Demographics
- No. of Members: 7
- No. of Academic Faculty: 5
- No. of Administrative Faculty: 2
- Meeting Frequency: Twice each Fall and Spring Semester
Committee Minutes
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Committee Contacts
Committee Chair
Devicharan Chidambaram
Assoc. Professor, Chemical and Materials Engineering
University of Nevada, Reno
(775) 784-7066
dcc@unr.edu
Committee Members
Iain Buxton
Radiation Safety Committee Chair
Professor, Pharmacology
University of Nevada, Reno
(775) 784-4800
ibuxton@medicine.nevada.edu
William Courchesne
Institutional Biosafety Committee Chair
Associate Professor, Microbiology
University of Nevada, Reno
(775) 784-4113
wcourchesne@medicine.nevada.edu
Dylan Kosma
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Nevada, Reno
(775)-682-7319
dkosma@unr.edu
Ben Owens, CIH, CBSP
Assistant Director, Laboratory Safety
University of Nevada, Reno
(775) 327-5196
bowens@unr.edu
Jason Shearer
Professor, Chemistry
University of Nevada, Reno
(775) 784-6804
shearer@unr.edu
Viktoriya Weirauch
Director of Laboratories, Chemistry
University of Nevada, Reno
(775) 682-8304
vlepak@unr.edu