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Lab Design Conference Speaker Profile: Michael Wesolowsky
At the 2026 Lab Design Conference in Orlando, Thornton Tomasetti principal Michael Wesolowsky will lead an interactive roundtable on addressing vibration challenges in laboratory design and renovation, exploring practical mitigation strategies while sharing insights from his career—and a few personal interests—along the way
Lab Design Conference Speaker Profile: Kat Lauer
Kat Lauer will present strategies for safely integrating hazardous materials into lab design at the 2026 Lab Design Conference, sharing practical insights on planning, workflow optimization, and stakeholder collaboration
Lab Design Conference Speaker Profile: Shrei Crenshaw
Lab director Shrei Crenshaw will share insights at the 2026 Lab Design Conference on converting a vacant office building into a high-throughput, CLIA-accredited pathology lab, offering practical lessons on workflow-driven design, end-user collaboration, and maximizing efficiency in retrofit lab spaces
Lab Design Conference Speaker Profile: Mukesh Jani
2026 Lab Design Conference speaker Mukesh Jani, founder and lab director of Torrent Laboratory, shares how he transformed a windowless industrial building into a high-performance lab—exploring the intersection of science, safety, and design that supports both human health and inspiration
Lab Design Conference Speaker Profile: Larissa Sattler
Larissa Sattler and her colleagues will present at the 2026 Lab Design Conference on creating truly inclusive, neurodiversity-focused lab environments, sharing insights, case studies, and practical strategies to help research spaces better support focus, comfort, and well-being for all users
Professional Profile: Andrea Ingersoll Totte
Andrea Ingersoll Totte has joined HERA Inc. as a lab planner, bringing a passion for creating adaptable, human-centric, and technology-integrated laboratory environments that foster collaboration, innovation, and sustainability
How Turnkey Managed Services Can Help R&D Facilities Meet Net-Zero Goals
Turnkey managed services offer research laboratories an integrated, data-driven approach to achieving net-zero goals—simplifying complex projects, improving efficiency and resiliency, and delivering measurable sustainability and financial outcomes
Professional Profile: Michael Paul Krug
SmithGroup’s Michael Paul Krug, AIA, LEED AP, chats with Lab Design News about the inspirations, philosophies, and personal passions—from community building to hands-on design—that shape his approach to architecture and laboratory design
Unexpected Risks, Planned Solutions: Safety in Lab Design
A recent explosion at a Harvard lab underscores the need for resilient, access-controlled, behavior-informed, and well-designed laboratory environments, and expert Dan Scungio outlines how thoughtful planning—from materials and infrastructure to low-cost upgrades, user behavior, and risk-based zoning—can prevent minor incidents from escalating into catastrophic ones
Designing the Undesigned: The Six A's and the Laboratory of the Future
A framework of six principles provides a holistic, data-driven approach to designing flexible, sustainable laboratories that can evolve with the science of the future