Joint Research Safety Initiative
Chemistry happens. Don’t let it happen to you.
JRSI
sustainable safety culture
educational tools
organized and centralized resources
By Researchers, For Researchers
The Joint Research Safety Initiative (JRSI) is a new safety community run by students, post-docs, and research assistants on campus that aims to provide centralized and accessible safety and educational resources for students and faculty. Our safety and efficiency is up to us, and only us.
What We Do
gather departmental data
We develop and implement surveys to measure the effectiveness of our initiative and the culture of our departments.
facilitate open dialogues
We put on events, safety demos, vendor fairs, and safety programs to encourage open dialogue and participation.
train lab safety contacts
We are working to improve the quality and availability of training resources for current and future LSCs.
gather departmental data
We develop and implement surveys to measure the effectiveness of our initiative and the culture of our departments.
facilitate open dialogues
We put on events, safety demos, vendor fairs, and safety programs to encourage open dialogue and participation.
train lab safety contacts
We are working to improve the quality and availability of training resources for current and future LSCs.
gather departmental data
We develop and implement surveys to measure the effectiveness of our initiative and the culture of our departments.
facilitate open dialogues
We put on events, safety demos, vendor fairs, and safety programs to encourage open dialogue and participation.
train lab safety contacts
We are working to improve the quality and availability of training resources for current and future LSCs.
Leadership
Serving Chemistry & PME
people
sarah zinn
szinn@uchicago.edu
Co-President
Survey Committee Chair
Publicity Committee Chair
Sarah received her B.S. in ACS Certified Chemistry and also in Applied Physics with a minor in Applied Mathematics from Ohio Northern University. She is in the Engel lab where she engineers highly efficient organic optoelectronic materials and studies their electrical properties using ultrafast electronic spectroscopy.
NDSEG Fellow, 2018
ben slaw
beslaw@uchicago.edu
Co-President
Education Committee Chair
Ben Slaw is currently a fifth-year graduate student in Prof. Ka Yee Lee’s lab in the Department of Chemistry. Originally hailing from Tarrytown, NY, Ben obtained a B.A. in Chemistry from Vassar College in 2015 and an M.S. in Chemistry from UChicago shortly thereafter. His research interests broadly include studying the physical and mechanical properties of lipids, membranes, and membrane-associated proteins.
james lettow
jlettow@uchicago.edu
Finance Committee Chair
Hailing from Edina, MN, James received his B.S in Materials Sciences and Engineering from the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities in 2016. James is now a 4th year graduate student in Molecular Engineering, being co-advised by both Prof. Stuart Rowan and Prof. Paul Nealey where he is researching polymer nanocomposites featuring cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs).
Mason Dearborn
Maggie Kelty
Atreyi Bhattacharya
William Grubbe
aritrajit Gupta
