Speaker Biography
Laura Carlson
Laura Carlson, AIA, LEEDap, is a graduate of Syracuse University School of Architecture. She joined Hillier Architecture in 1989 after working as an intern for three summers. As a laboratory designer and programmer, she has worked on some of Hillier’s largest research and development commissions, including Yale University, Duke University and pharmaceutical giant, GlaxoSmithKline. Her work has taken her across the globe—from Princeton, New Jersey to Australia, and back. Carlson is not only a great resource for laboratory design, but also as a science and technology practice group's sustainability expert. Carlson is chairman of professional development at RMJM Hillier. She was a jury member for Architectural Record’s Best in Advertising Awards at the 2005 AIA convention, was the organizer and a presenter for a local university’s LEED 101 class, and has been published in R&D newsletter as well as the 2006 and 2007 R&D Laboratory Design Handbook.