Laboratory Design and Safety-Risk Assessment, Accident Prevention, Regulatory Expert

Expertise

• Laboratory safety; prudent practices; protective facilities; personal protective equipment; effective safety programs.
• Chemical labeling, storing, and handling; compressed gases; proper ventilation.
• Effective safety programs; emergency preparedness and procedures.
• Best laboratory practices; risk assessment; and hazard recognition.
• Shipment of hazardous materials.
• Awareness and importance of On-The-Job (OTJ) safety and training.

Laboratory Safety

• Conducts seminars, workshops, courses, facilities inspections, program evaluations for schools, colleges, universities, government, medical, and industry.
• Leadership in Safety seminar for senior management or administration.
• Provides advice on facilities design, safety program development, regulatory compliance loss control and risk management, expert witness testimony and editorial review.

Research

• In the areas of hydrocarbon oxidation, dehydrohalogenation, oxydehydrogenation, nitrite reduction, aromatic animation, and thermal and photolytic chlorination.
• Pilot plant scale catalytic hydrogenation of cellulosic wastes to fuel oil analytical development, plant operation, supervision of graduate students and tinder graduates, writing reports, proposals and technical papers.
• Isolation and identification of natural products from fungi culture media.
• The decomposition of substituted diazomethanes.

Experience

Undisclosed Company, Founder and President, 1977 - Present

• Conducts seminars, workshops, facilities inspections, program evaluations for schools, colleges, universities, government, medical, and industry.
• Teaches Leadership in Safety seminar for senior management and administration.
• Provides facilities advice on design, safety program development, regulatory compliance loss control and risk management, expert witness testimony and editorial review.

K & A, Natick, MA, President, 1985 - 2015

• Formed this firm in 1985. Provided consulting work for various clients: facilities inspections, audits, and provided facilities advice on design, safety program development, and regulatory compliance loss control and risk management.

Curry College, Milton, MA, Professor of Chemistry, 1977 - 1998

• Taught Introductory Science; General Chemistry; Organic Chemistry; Industrial Chemistry; Organic Reaction Mechanisms; Environmental Chemistry; Chemical Technology; Science Seminar; and Safety, Toxicology, and Industrial Hygiene.

Other Curry College Activities

• Coordinator of Grants Development
• Faculty Advisor, Academic Advising Team
• Athletics Committee, Chairman, Hall of Fame Committee
• Admissions and Retention Committee
• Long Range Planning Committee
• NCAA Faculty Representative
• EHS Coordinator

Dow Chemical Company, New England Research Laboratory, Wayland, MA, 1973 - 1977

Senior Research Chemist

• Conducted research in the areas of hydrocarbon oxidation, dehydrohalogenation, oxydehydrogenation, nitrite reduction, aromatic animation, and thermal and photolytic chlorination.

Educator

• Curry College Professor of Chemistry, Associate Professor, Teaching Introductory Science; General Chemistry; Organic Chemistry; Industrial Chemistry; Organic Reaction Mechanisms; Environmental Chemistry; Chemical Technology; Science Seminar; and Safety.
• Toxicology and Industrial Hygiene. Curry College, Instructor, Science Division, General Chemistry.
• Westfield State College, Instructor, Physical Science Department.
• WPI, Professor., Chem. Dept., Organic Chemistry. Coordinator and Lecturer in GC-MS course.
• Tufts University. Certification for secondary school teaching (Chem.)

Safety Experience

• President Emeritus/Founder/Clerk of the Board
• President/CEO, Laboratory Safety Institute: An International Non-Profit Educational
• Organization for Safety in Science and Science Education
• Director, Health, Safety and Environmental Affairs, Curry College
• New England Research Laboratory, Chairman Laboratory Safety Crew; Coordinator of Safety for Process Research Group; Revision of Lab safety policies and manual; advisor on shipment of hazardous materials; increased awareness of importance of OTJ safety; expanded and improved the new employee safety orientation; developed and initiated a program to share Dow's safety experience with colleges and universities.

Honors & Publications

Credentials

• Post-Doctoral Fellow in Chemical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
• Elected Sigma Xi
• Petroleum Research Fund Fellow
• Elected Phi Lambda Upsilon

Languages

• German, conversational

Academic and Professional Affiliations

• Chairman, Health and Safety Committee, Northeastern Section, American Chemical Society
• Chairman, Safety and Health Committee, Curry College
• Member, ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety
• Member, ACS Council Committee on Chemical Safety
• National Science Teachers Association (NSTA); Science Advisor Committee
• National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT)
• Massachusetts Safety Council (MSC), Board of Directors
• National Science Supervisors Association - NSELA
• Council of State Science Supervisors (CSSS)
• National Association of Science Materials Managers (NAOSMM)
• International Council for Associations of Science Education (ICASE), Chair Committee on Safety in Science Education
• ANSI Z-87.1 Committee
• ACS Division of Chemical Education, Safety Committee
• STEMStates (www.stemstate.org); STEM Safety Committee Chair
• NSTA, Safety Advisory Board

Awards

• Curry College person of The Year Award
• Post-Doctoral Fellow (WPI Chem. Eng. Dept.
• Petroleum Research Fund Fellow, Elected Phi Lambda Upsilon
• Curry College Athletic Hall of Fame

Education

• Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA
• B.S. Chemistry, Tufts University, Medford, MA