Contact Us
If you are injured or exposed to a hazardous material in a research or teaching lab, please report it immediately to Risk and Insurance Management at the INCIDENT PORTAL
General EHS Contact Email: ehs@vanderbilt.edu
EHS Assist Contact Email: ehsa@vanderbilt.edu
To learn more about the staff and read bios, please visit the Meet the Staff page.
LEADERSHIP
![]() | Andrea George Assistant Vice Chancellor, Environmental Health, Safety, and Sustainability andrea.george@vanderbilt.edu 615-322-4551 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
BIOLOGICAL SAFETY
General Biological Safety Contact Email: VUBiosafety@vanderbilt.edu
![]() | Ryan McAllister Associate Director, Biological Safety and Institutional Biosafety Officer ryan.mcallister@vanderbilt.edu | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
![]() | Kyle Becker Senior Safety Officer, Biological Safety kyle.becker@vanderbilt.edu | ![]() | Kendra Hoffsmith Safety Officer, Biological Safety kendra.hoffsmith@vanderbilt.edu 615-343-3876 | ![]() | Matt Loch Safety Officer, Biological Safety matthew.t.loch@vanderbilt.edu 615-322-7827 |
![]() | Katrina Ngo Safety Officer, Biological Safety katrina.ngo@vanderbilt.edu 615-343-2193 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
CHEMICAL SAFETY and HAZARDOUS WASTE
General Chemical Safety Contact Email: chemicalsafety@vanderbilt.edu
![]() | Edward Krise Associate Director, Chemical Safety and Chemical Safety Officer edward.krise@vanderbilt.edu 615-343-3308 | ||||
![]() | Andrew Manongdo Program Manager, Research Chemical Safety and Assistant Chemical Hygiene Officer andrew.manongdo@vanderbilt.edu 615-343-6766 | ![]() | Steve Gild Program Manager, Environmental Compliance steve.gild@vanderbilt.edu 615-322-3745 | ![]() | Stephen Trundy Program Manager, Hazardous Waste stephen.trundy@vanderbilt.edu 615-343-1298 |
![]() | Joe Hegarty Safety Officer, Chemical Safety joseph.hegarty@vanderbilt.edu 615-343-0572 | ![]() | Brenda Birch Safety Officer, Chemical Safety brenda.hurlbut@vanderbilt.edu 615-343-6393 | ![]() | Matthew Menna Safety Officer, Chemical Safety matthew.f.menna@vanderbilt.edu 615-343-0345 |
RADIATION and LASER SAFETY
General Radiation Safety Contact Email: radiationsafety@vanderbilt.edu
General Laser Safety Contact Email: lasersafety@vanderbilt.edu
![]() | Sergey Avanesyan Senior Safety Officer, Laser Safety sergey.m.avanesyan@vanderbilt.edu 615-343-2336 | ![]() | Benedicta Amankwah Safety Officer, Radiation Safety benedicta.a.amankwah@vanderbilt.edu 615-343-9176 | ![]() | James Bunch Safety Officer, Radiation Safety james.m.bunch@vanderbilt.edu 615-343-3967 |
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
![]() | Leigh Shoup Senior Administrative Officer Leigh.shoup@vanderbilt.edu 615-322-4212 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
![]() | Jeremy Crantek Systems Administrator and Data Coordinator jeremy.crantek@vanderbilt.edu 615-343-1394 |
SUSTAINABILITY
![]() | Cesar Castro Sustainability Director cesar.castro@vanderbilt.edu 615-343-2604 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
![]() | Chelsea Hamilton Program Manager, Sustainability chelsea.hamilton@vanderbilt.edu 615-322-9022 |




















