About The Baltimore Underground Science Space
BUGSS is a non-profit public laboratory offering classes, seminars, and lab access so that anyone can safely and affordably investigate the living world. We are a community of amateurs, professionals, citizen
scientists, activists, and artists exploring biotechnology through scientific and artistic investigations. We hope to serve as a space for open dialogue, and “learning through doing” as Synthetic Biology and new biological technologies become more relevant to our everyday lives. As with any new technology, there are big hopes and big fears, and public debate is often heated and uninformed. By democratizing these technologies we hope to facilitate more nuanced dialogue and exploration of the incredible potential, as well as limitations and ethical issues.
scientists, activists, and artists exploring biotechnology through scientific and artistic investigations. We hope to serve as a space for open dialogue, and “learning through doing” as Synthetic Biology and new biological technologies become more relevant to our everyday lives. As with any new technology, there are big hopes and big fears, and public debate is often heated and uninformed. By democratizing these technologies we hope to facilitate more nuanced dialogue and exploration of the incredible potential, as well as limitations and ethical issues.
Our Amazing Staff & Board
Tom Burkett
Chair of the Board
Professor at Community College of Baltimore County
Lisa Scheifele
Executive Director and Board Member
Associate Professor of Biology at Loyola University Maryland
Anne Hamburger
Board Member
Professor Emeritus University of Maryland
Michael Johnson
Board Member
Senior Manager at DSM
Joel Tyson
Board Member
Graduate Assistant University of Maryland Baltimore County
Nina Rajpurohit
Board Member
Staff Scientist I Lieber Institute for Brain Development
Linda Saffer
Board Member
Biologist and Advocate for Young Women in Biosciences
Jennifer Winters
Board Member
Language Arts Teacher at Carver Vocational-Technical High School