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Lab Design Conference Speaker Profile: Gwendolyn Robles
Don’t miss Gwendolyn Robles’ session at the 2026 Lab Design Conference, where she and her team will share creative strategies, LEAN-driven workflow tips, and lessons from transforming a landlocked 1970s lab into a modern blood bank—register by December 31, 2025, to secure early-bird pricing and gain insights that can inspire your own lab design projects
Lab Design Conference Speaker Profile: Kelly Sullivan, PhD
Don’t miss Kelly Sullivan’s hands-on workshop on Collaborative Lab Planning at the 2026 Lab Design Conference—register now to secure your seat and learn practical strategies for designing flexible, efficient, and future-ready labs
Professional Profile: Hadiza Djibring
Lab Design News spoke to Hadiza Djibring, lab planner with HDR in New York, about the latest trends in design-build, her favorite piece of architecture, and helpful advice for new lab planners
Professional Profile: Cody Ferguson
Lab Design News spoke to Cody Ferguson, laboratory planner with HERA Laboratory Planners, about the importance of active listening, his expansive home library, and how crucial the use of color is in a lab space
Professional Profile: Matt Malone
Lab Design News spoke to Matt Malone, science and technology practice leader at Perkins&Will, about how his multidisciplinary experience—from architect to developer—shapes his holistic approach to lab planning, fuels his commitment to end-user collaboration
Professional Profile: Steve Reynolds
Lab Design News spoke to Steve Reynolds, vice president of civil engineering with Original Survey Solutions, about his deep-rooted interest in land development, key moments that shaped his career, and the emerging trends influencing the future of lab design
Professional Profile: Jamie Huffman
Lab Design News spoke to Jamie Huffman, science + technology project director at Taylor Design, about how his passion for ecology, design, and human-centered collaboration shapes his approach to lab planning and drives his vision for creating science environments that are both impactful and deeply connected to the natural world
Lab Design Conference Speaker Profile: Dwayne Henry
At the 2025 Lab Design Conference in Denver, Dwayne Henry of Montgomery College will discuss communication strategies, challenges, and collaborative techniques from an end user's perspective throughout the lifespan of an academic science building project
Lab Design Conference Speaker Profile: Jim Blount
Jim Blount of Ellenzweig Architects will open the 2025 Lab Design Conference with a keynote discussion on “How to Prepare for an Uncertain Future” in the lab design industry
Professional Profile: Wan Leung
Lab Design News spoke to Wan Leung, AIA, principal of lab design at FCA, about the “spark” that led him to lab design, his favorite and perhaps most influential architectural project, and his thoughts on how AI and automation may influence the future of lab design