Founder/President Emeritus, The Laboratory Safety Institute (LSI)
Bio
Dr. James Kaufman is founder/president emeritus of The Laboratory Safety Institute (LSI), an international, non-profit center for safety in science, industry, and education. He received his BA in chemistry from Tufts University and his PhD in organic chemistry from
Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Working for Dow, he authored "Laboratory Safety Guidelines," with over six million copies (in 21 languages) in circulation. Jim has trained more than 100,000 scientists and science educators in over 135 types of labs in 30 countries. Most recently, he prepared one-, two-, and three-day on-demand Internet lab safety courses.