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Lab Design Conference Speaker Profile: Isabel Mandujano
2025 Lab Design Conference speaker Isabel Mandujano of LPA, Inc. discusses the structural challenges of adapting existing buildings for laboratory use, focusing on vibration control, mechanical system integration, and spatial constraints, while comparing building typologies, debunking retrofitting misconceptions, and presenting innovative solutions to enhance functionality, safety, and sustainability in adaptive reuse projects
Lab Design Conference Speaker Profile: Joss Hurford
2025 Lab Design Conference speaker Joss Hurford of Affiliated Engineers, Inc. discusses how climate and weather events threaten research institutions, best practices for designing resilient research laboratories, and lessons learned from NIH standards and case studies in critical facilities
Professional Profile: Gul Dusi
Lab Design News spoke to Gul Dusi, national life sciences industry lead for Project and Development Services for Americas Markets at JLL, about the experiences that have shaped her professional life, her unfortunate encounter with freshly poured concrete on a job site, and achieving a sustainably designed lab
Professional Profile: Natalie Szymanski
Natalie Szymanski, AIA, NCARB, senior laboratory architect with HERA Laboratory Planners in St. Louis, MO, discusses the importance of curiosity in the workplace, movie nights with her family, and creating the help you need in order to do the job
Lab Design Conference Speaker Profile: Rachel Romero
2025 Lab Design Conference speaker Rachel Romero, PE, of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, discusses soft skills for lab designers, her state swimming victories, and creating a sustainable lab facility
Professional Profile: George Bouris
Lab Design News spoke to George Bouris, vice president, mechanical electrical plumbing at Milhouse Engineering and Construction, Inc., about trends in lab design, balancing functionality with sustainability in a lab build, and the most unexpected request he received for a lab project
Professional Profile: Susan Heersema
Lab Design News spoke to Susan Heersema of HERA Laboratory Planners about the most essential soft skill she recommends for lab architects, her favorite coffee shop order, and her best piece of advice for those entering the lab design/build field
Professional Profile: Jane Kepros
Lab Design spoke to Jane Kepros, LEED GA, the director of lab programming at Margulies Perruzzi about her career journey, professional advice, and hobbies.
Professional Profile: Dominick Roveto
Dominick Roveto, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, principal and Science + Technology Leader and principal at DLR Group in New York City, shares his thoughts on challenges for lab designers, strengthening client relationships, and “Tough Tech” projects
Professional Profile: Jessica Schmitzberger
Lab Design spoke to Jessica Schmitzberger, project director, science + technology studio at Taylor Design in Los Angeles, CA. Read more about her advice to her younger self, her fascination with outer space, and her horse named Sam