Meet the Chemical and Laboratory Safety Team

The EH&S Chemical and Laboratory Safety Team is here to support your science. Please get in touch to let us know how we can help address your unique chemical and lab safety and chemical inventory management needs. 

Evelyn Davies, Ph.D. 

Chemical Hygiene Officer & Chemical/Laboratory Safety Team Manager

Jessica Puente Castro, M.S. 

Laboratory Safety Specialist 

Evelyn is the Lab's Chemical Hygiene Officer and provides research support for chemical safety. She is the SME for chemical safety & hygiene and time-sensitive chemicals.

Jessica supports chemical safety efforts alongside Evelyn and leads the laboratory safety program. She is a resource for any research-related lab safety concerns and questions. 

You can reach them both at ChemSafety@lbl.gov and LabSafety@lbl.gov. 

Julie Zhu, CIH, CSP

Chemical Management System (CMS) Program Manager

Deputy Biosafety Officer & Industrial Hygienist

Chenxi Sun, MPH

Chemical Management Specialist & Industrial Hygienist

Julie is the Lab's Chemical Management System (CMS) Program Manager, among owning or supporting a number of other program areas. 

Chenxi has led RFID implementation at Berkeley Lab and is your go-to for chemical inventory management support. 

You can reach Julie and Chenxi at cms@lbl.gov.  

Eli Weiss

Chemical Handling Specialist 

Al Sanchez 

Chemical Handling Specialist 

Al and Eli primarily support the Lab's Central Chemical Receiving Facility.  You can reach them at central-chemical-receiving-facility@lbl.gov.