The Georgia Tech Biological Materials Safeguards Committee (BMSC) has the important mission of reviewing all applications for research, teaching, and training that involve the use of select agents, infectious materials and other biological material. The BMSC holds meetings as needed to review applications and discuss other issues related to biosafety. 

Current members of the BMSC:

• Balakrishna Pai, PhD, Director of Instructional Laboratories, Biomedical Engineering, Committee Chair
• Ronghu Wu, PhD, Associate Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry
• Ravi Kane, PhD, Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
• Susan Thomas, PhD, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• Alison Onstine, MS, Lab Manager, School of Biological Sciences
• Kristy Jennings, MS, Biosafety Officer, Environmental Health & Safety
• Jerel Harris, PhD, Assistant Vice President of EHS, Environmental Health & Safety
• Mary Beran, MA, CPIA, Office of Research Integrity Assurance

Length of Approvals:

Approvals last for 3 years.  PIs should submit amendments if:

• The research plans change
• Personnel need to be added or removed from the project
• The project is finished and the approval should be terminated
• The approval needs to be transferred to another PI

Submitting a BMSC Registration Form:

We use an online system called EHSA to maintain all BMSC approvals.  If you're submitting a protocol under a professor for the first time, please first login to the dashboard to establish an ID in the system, then send us an email with your professor copied requesting BMSC access to biosafety@ehs.gatech.edu.  If you're ready to submit your protocol now, visit the link below.

EHSA Home Page