About LRIG

We are a rapidly growing special interest group focused on laboratory automation. Our membership consists of over 12,000 scientists and engineers. We have Bay Area California, Chesapeake (Maryland, Virginia, Washington D.C., and Delaware), Europe, Germany, Mid Atlantic, Midwest, New England, Northwest, Philadelphia, San Diego, SouthEast, Upstate New York, and Texas chapters. A majority of members are from the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry with others from the chemical, agriculture, cosmetic, food, and specialty industries. Multiple regional meetings are held each year in which our members' experiences in automation are presented. Among the topics discussed are the uses of laboratory automation in high throughput screening, drug discovery, biobanking, combinatorial chemistry, chemical synthesis, compound purification, compound distribution, data management, pharmaceutical dosage form sample preparation, dissolution testing, bioanalytical technology, chemical analysis, solid phase extraction, validation, and product formulation. A typical meeting consists of a social period followed by two or three presentations with discussions afterward. Posters are viewed during the social period. Job openings may be posted or announced. Technology Exhibitions are held to allow automation providers to present their products to the group. We are a non-profit group. No dues are collected.

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Our Mission

The LRIG mission is to provide and facilitate instruction for both self-development and the benefit of the laboratory automation community.  To do this, we:

LRIG is a non-profit group with an educational mission.  All events are free and no dues are ever collected.

Executive Board

The LRIG Executive Board consists of the Executive Chair and a representative from each regional chapter.

Executive Chair

Andy Zaayenga

Director of IT

Scott Rehlander

Bay Area Chapter

Louis Murray

Canada Chapter

Elizabeth Rodziewicz

DC Metro Chapter

Scott Depée

Midwest Chapter

Tom Strader


New England Chapter

Daniel Cinicola

New Jersey Chapter

Andy Zaayenga

NYC Chapter

Chi Yun

Philadelphia Chapter

Rodney Bednar

San Diego Chapter

Daniel Sipes

Southeast Chapter

Joshua Bauer