Meet the Chemical Safety Team

 

Don Peterson
Manager, Occupational Health and Safety Section
At Yale EHS since 2024
don.peterson@yale.edu

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Manager, Occupational Health and Safety
  • Overall responsibility for OSHA programs and chemical and physical safety programs on campus

Paula Castagna, MS, CIH
Chemical Hygiene Officer
At Yale EHS since 1999
203-737-2124
paula.castagna@yale.edu

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Chemical Hygiene Program for University Laboratories
  • High hazard/restricted chemical use authorization program
  • Chemical safety trainer
  • Design review for laboratory renovations, new construction, and new equipment and processes with associated chemical, physical, or ergonomic hazards

Anna Kim, MS, CIH
Senior Industrial Hygienist
At Yale EHS since 2012
203-737-2110
anna.kim@yale.edu

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Occupational chemical exposure programs
  • Industrial hygiene programs, including respiratory protection 
  • Emergency Response Team leader
  • Chemical safety trainer

Paul Emery
Chemical Safety Advisor
At Yale EHS since 2022

203-737-3521
paul.emery@yale.edu

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Safety Advisor for Chemistry Department
  • Safety Advisor for designated high hazard chemical laboratories outside of Chemistry

Ryan Cirillo, MS, CIH, CSP
Safety Advisor
At Yale EHS since 2018

203-737-2107
ryan.cirillo@yale.edu

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Safety Advisor for the School of Art and several buildings in the School of Medicine
  • Industrial Hygiene Monitoring
  • Hearing Conservation

Tessa Landgraf, MPH, CIH
Safety Advisor
At Yale EHS since 2020

203-785-2199
tessa.landgraf@yale.edu

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Occupational Exposure Monitoring
  • Respiratory Protection Program
  • Chemical Safety Trainer
  • Safety Advisor for Medical School and Athletics

James Park
Industrial Hygiene Health & Safety Technician
At Yale EHS since 2023

james.ks.park@yale.edu

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Respirator training/FIT testing
  • Chemical inventory