Jonathan Y. Richmond, Ph.D.

Education:    

1967, Ph.D., Genetics, Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, PA

1964, MS, Genetics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

1962, BA, Zoology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

Employment:

            2002- present: Biosafety Consultant, CEO Jonathan                          Richmond & Associates

            2002- present: Consultant to WHO Biosafety Programme

1990-2002: Director, Office of Health and Safety, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA

1990-present: Director, WHO Collaborating Center for Applied Biosafety and Training, CDC, Atlanta, GA

1983-1990: Chief, Safety Operations Section, Occupational Safety and Health Branch, NIH Division of Safety, Bethesda, MD

1979-1983: Biological Safety Officer, Plum Island Animal Disease Center, USDA, Greenport, NY

1969-1979: Research Microbiologist, PIADC, USDA, ARS,                Greenport, NY           

1967-1969: Post-Doctoral Resident Research Fellow, 

            PIADC, Greenport, NY

Professional Interests:                    

Biological Safety with expertise in containment labs; Biosecurity; General Occupational Safety and Health, including Animal (Bio) Safety; Communication and Training; HIV/AIDS Education (Director of HIV/AIDS Workplace Education, CDC/ATSDR)

Professional Affiliations:

American Biological Safety Association (ABSA)

President 1986-1987; Chesapeake Area Chapter, President 1989-1990; Anthology editor

American Academy of Microbiology

            American Society for Microbiology (ASM)

Coordinator Biosafety Workshops (1986, 89, 94, 

98,99)

Member Lab Safety Committee (1993-1997)

            Chairperson, CDC's Biannual National Symposium on                                    Biosafety (1992 – 2008)

            Co-chair, BSL-4 Users Group (1992-2008)

            Board of Directors, Environmental and Chemical Safety                               Education Institute

            Board of Directors, Providence Home (for children in                                 stressed environments)

            International Advisory Group on Biosafety and Biosecurity                             (Russia. 2004 - )

            International Working Group on Biosafety (member since                                2000)

Selected Honors:

Elected Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology (1980).

Awarded Silver Beaver for Distinguished Service to Youth, Suffolk County Council, Boy Scouts of America, May 1981

President, ABSA, 1986 – 87.

Chairperson, 31^st Biological Safety Conference, Bethesda, 1988.

President, ChABSA (Chesapeake Area Biological Safety Association), 1988-90.

Chairperson, CDC’s Biological Safety Symposia 2 – 10, 1990 – 2008.

Presented the Everett Hanel, Jr Presidential Award, in recognition of outstanding contributions to ABSA that have promoted the field of biological safety and fostered, by example, the high professional standards of ABSA’s membership. (1995).

Presented the Arnold G. Wedum Distinguished Achievement Award, the highest honor of the American Biological Safety Association, In recognition of outstanding contributions to biological safety accomplished through teaching, service and leadership (1999).

Selected Distinguished Fellow, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2000

Publications:

Fifty scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals. 

Richmond, JY, Editor.  Anthologies of Biosafety, volumes I - X, 1999-2007, ABSA.

Richmond, JY and RW  McKinney, Editors.  CDC/NIH, Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories, 4th edition, 1999 and contributing editor to the 5^th edition, 2007.

WHO, Laboratory Biosafety Manual, 2^nd & 3^rd editions, contributing editor