Robin Izzo, Assistant Vice President, EHS
As AVP, it is Robin's responsibility to make sure the research safety program, campus health and safety program and emergency preparedness programs have all of the resources that they need to fulfill their missions.
Profile Video: Robin Izzo
Campus Safety Group
Workplace Safety
The workplace safety group at Princeton EHS works to promote safe practices, reduce hazards and respond to workplace incidents around campus.
Kelly States, Director of Campus Safety and Health
Kelly oversees administrative functions for the EHS office as well as Campus Safety, which encompasses most of the non-research-related health and safety programs on campus. Examples include everything from injury and accident investigation and prevention to ergonomics to heavy equipment safety.
Sean Farrell, Safety Program Manager
Sean’s primary role is conducting incident investigations when individuals—mainly employees—are injured or a near miss occurs.
Jamie McQuaid, Assistant Director, Occupational Safety
Jamie works primarily with Civil Engineering, Grounds and Building Maintenance (GBM), Site Protection and CoGen, and manages safety in and around the construction projects on campus.
Stephanie Lamb, Workplace Safety Specialist
Stephanie's primary responsibility at Princeton EHS is assisting with injury investigation and prevention, safety training, and indoor air quality concerns.
Environmental Health
Environmental health encompasses indoor air quality, hazards in building materials, water quality, noise and general exposure concerns.
Shaundree Davis, Assistant Director, Environmental Health
Shaundree oversees the industrial hygiene program, which involves recognizing, evaluating and adjusting workplace hazards to help keep people safe and healthy. This often involves the use of monitoring and analysis to determine the levels of hazardous exposure to agents and also requires identifying engineering solutions and control measures to help minimize those hazards.
Research Safety Group
Laboratory Safety
The lab safety group at Princeton EHS conducts lab safety training, handles inspections, research materials shipping, consults on equipment, responds to/investigates incidents, works with departments on chemical safety protocols and manages the disposal of waste.
Steve Elwood, Director for Research Safety
Steve's primary roles within the office are oversight of Laboratory Safety programs, including directing the work of lab safety staff and implementing programs that keep researchers safe and compliant with regulatory obligations, and helping lead the office as a member of the senior staff.
Chris Niles, Sr. Laboratory Safety Specialist
Chris’ primary responsibility is managing EHS’ chemical waste program. He also does lab inspections and surveys, supports chemical safety efforts generally and assists with issues related to hazardous materials shipping.
Chelsea McDonnell, Health and Safety Technician
Chelsea can frequently be found “out and about” on campus. Splitting her time between laboratory safety and industrial hygiene, she delivers supplies, conducts radiation surveys, fit tests staff for respirators and helps handle lab waste, among many other duties.
Stanley Howell, Sr. Program Manager, Chemical Safety
Stanley oversees the implementation of the chemical safety program and is the primary contact for incident investigations, regulatory issues, chemical storage and safety consultations.
Colt Greer, Assistant Director, Radiation Safety, RSO
Colt's primary responsibility at Princeton it is to ensure the health and safety of everyone who works with radiation on campus. He utilizes his skills and knowledge as a certified health physicist to manage Princeton’s Radiation Safety Program, which includes oversight of ionizing and non-ionizing forms of radiation.
Joan Hutzly, Laboratory Safety Specialist
Joan works primarily on inspection and maintenance of sensitive lab equipment (especially chemical fume hoods), prepares and updates Emergency Information Posters and other records in the SHIELD database, assists with radiation surveys, hazardous waste, spill cleans-ups and odor investigations.
Biosafety
Oversees policy and services related to biosafety, animal research health and safety, biological hazards on campus and management of the University’s Bloodborne Pathogen Program.
Meagan Fitzpatrick, Assistant Director and Biosafety Officer
In the role of biosafety officer, Meagan oversees the University’s safety program for researchers working with biological materials. She also heads up the bloodborne pathogen program and field research safety program.
Halina Staniszewska-Goraczniak, Sr. Laboratory Safety Specialist
Halina is primarily responsible for supporting the implementation of biosafety programs. She works directly with laboratory staff providing consultations, technical assistance and training to integrate biosafety into laboratory operations and promote safe work practices based on regulatory requirements.
School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS)
Madison Hutchinson, Sr. Laboratory Safety Specialist
Madison holds a unique role within EHS as an embedded senior laboratory safety specialist within the School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), reporting both up through the EHS office within the research safety team and through the SEAS Dean’s Office. Madison's primary responsibility is to be the EHS point person, resource, and partner for the entire SEAS research community.
Emergency Management
The Emergency Preparedness team at EHS works closely with Public Safety to plan for and mitigate incidents impacting the University community and coordinate a response when emergency situations do occur.
Derek Ziegler, Assistant Director, Emergency Preparedness
Derek is responsible for the development, management, implementation, and continuous improvement of emergency preparedness for the campus community.
Operations Group
The Operations team at EHS handles administrative, support and communications tasks for the office. Operations furthers the mission of EHS by ensuring smooth and efficient office functioning, technical assistance and effective use of platforms for campus community outreach.
Lynne Brown, Administrative Assistant
Lynne provides administrative support to the staff of the EHS Office, from fielding phone calls to assisting with purchasing, shipping, scheduling and the budget process.
Jim Sturdivant, Sr. Communications Specialist
Jim's job is to facilitate communication between EHS and the campus community. This is pursued through a number of channels: multimedia (video, social media, etc.), events, online learning, outreach campaigns, instructional materials and websites.
Michael Williams, EIS-OIT Support Technician
As the OIT specialist for EHS, Mike ensures all team members have the tools and equipment they need to do their jobs easily, effectively and efficiently. He meets with vendors to maintain software and hardware devices for EHS while following and implementing Princeton University safety and security policies.
2021 Introductory Video
As part of our anniversary celebration in 2021, EHS began profiling our entire staff over the course of the academic year. In this video, Kelly States, Jamie McQuaid, Sean Farrell and Ryan Carney of the Campus Safety team talk about what they do and why environmental health and safety matters to them.