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Environmental Health and Safety

About

EHS assists in monitoring compliance with various federal, state and university regulations involving environmental, health and safety issues. Our services include training, consultation, emergency response and waste removal.

Safety Customer Service: 765-494-6371
Business Hours: Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

EHS Staff

EHS Organizational Structure (pdf)

Locations:

  • West Lafayette
  • Indianapolis
  • Fort Wayne
  • Northwest

West Lafayette

Main Office:

765-494-6371

Fax:

765-494-7403

Eric Butt

Senior Director of Environmental Health and Safety

embutt@purdue.edu

Office: 765-494-9227

Ashley Ancil

Hazardous Materials Chemist

aancil@purdue.edu

Office: 765-496-2418

Beth Andrews

Occupational Safety Specialist

andre172@purdue.edu

Office: 765-496-5315

Jennifer Asbury

Environmental and Health Specialist

jkasbury@purdue.edu

Office: 765-494-1498

Heath Bentley

Industrial Hygienist

hebentle@purdue.edu

Office: 765-494-3134

Josh Brown

Biological Safety Officer

brow1422@purdue.edu

Office: 765-494-1496

Adam Burton

Health Physicist Associate

burto241@purdue.edu

Office: 765-494-2721

Bryan Cherry

Health Physicist Associate

cherry21@purdue.edu

Office: 765-496-8367

Anca Condret

Radiation Safety Technician

acondret@purdue.edu

Office: 765-494-7969

Justin Daisey

Environmental Technician

jdaisey@purdue.edu

Office: 765-496-7366

Rachel Fedor

Hazardous Waste Technician

rfedor@purdue.edu

Office: 765-494-0121

Jerry Gibbs

Environmental Technician

jjgibbs@purdue.edu

Office: 765-494-0207

Jacob Graves

Associate Environmental Technician

grave110@purdue.edu

Office: 765-496-7366

Thomas Grier

Radiation Safety Officer

trgrier@purdue.edu

Office: 765-494-1478

Mita Juristyarini

Assistant Director of Research Safety

pjuristy@purdue.edu

Office: 765-494-3244

Jennifer Kraus

Environmental Health and Safety Specialist & Instructional Designer

jakraus@purdue.edu

Office: 765-494-2350

Mike Lauderdale

Hazardous Waste Operations Manager and Energetics Specialist

lmlauderdale@purdue.edu

Office: 765-494-5882

Andrew Miller

Assistant Biosafety Officer

mille153@purdue.edu

Office: 765-494-5754

Betsy Nelson

Hazardous Materials Chemist

bnelson8@purdue.edu

Office: 765-496-0894

Brody Obermeyer

Environmental Technician

bobermey@purdue.edu

Office: 765-496-7366

Cadina “Dee” Odum

Associate Environmental Technician

codum@purdue.edu

Cell: 765-494-7968

Edward Parker

Abatement Technician

parke681@purdue.edu

Office: 765-494-1019

Sukaina Pek

Associate Environmental Technician

seljaouh@purdue.edu

Office: 765-496-2089

David Petros

Occupational Safety Professional

petros@purdue.edu

Office: 765-496-6406

Robin Ridgway

Director of Environmental Health and Safety Compliance

rmridgway@purdue.edu

Office: 765-496-6405

Joshua Rodriguez

Associate Environmental Safety Technician

rodri738@purdue.edu

Office: 765-496-7366

Mike Silanskis

Director of Occupational Safety and Facility Safety

msilansk@purdue.edu

Office: 765-494-7426

Hayden Stevenson

Environmental Technician

hjsteven@purdue.edu

Office: 765-494-0110

David Strange

Environmental Technician

dstrange@purdue.edu

Office: 765-494-1019

Assiata Toure

Occupational Safety Professional

tourea@purdue.edu

Office: 765-496-3712

James Towns

Hazardous Materials Chemist

townsj@purdue.edu

Office: 765-496-7364

Kristi Turcich

Occupational Risk Management Professional

klevans@purdue.edu

Office: 765-494-1431

Ryleigh Turner

Industrial Hygienist

turne249@purdue.edu

Office: 765-494-0204

Ryan Tyson

Assistant Director of Construction Safety, Abatement and Remediation

rmtyson@purdue.edu

Office: 765-426-7916

Terrence VanHoosier

Environmental Technician, Crew Chief

tlvanhoosier@purude.edu

Office: 765-494-1019

Nancy Wade

Senior Industrial Hygienist

nlwade@purdue.edu

Office: 765-494-0205

Amy Wolf

Senior Administrative Assistant

wolfar@purdue.edu

Office: 765-494-0121

Judah Young

Senior Occupational Safety Professional

judah@purdue.edu

Office: 765-494-7293

Phyllis Young

Senior Administrative Assistant

plhill@purdue.edu

Office: 765-494-6371

Indianapolis

Daks Hoffman

Environmental Health & Safety Manager

hoffm231@purdue.edu

Office: 765-495-7803

Fort Wayne

Stephanie Phillips

Environmental Health & Safety Manager

steels@pfw.edu

Office: 260-481-4193

Erin Turner

Environmental Health & Safety Specialist

mckien01@pfw.edu

Office: 260-481-4197

Northwest – Hammond and Westville

John Feeney

Occupational Health and Safety Specialist

feeneyj@pnw.edu

Office: 219-989-2724

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