Guest: Guests are only allowed to see their own lab activities, bookings and projects. Due to data privacy reasons, Guests can not see other lab members’ personal information.

Researcher: Researchers can see their own lab activities, bookings and projects, as well as their fellow lab members. They can’t add/edit equipment, view reports or make announcements. They can also search for instruments and services that are available both within and external to their organization.

Instructor: Instructors can add/edit equipment and services, approve equipment bookings, create announcements, create and send quotes for service requests, search for external equipment/services and view reports regarding equipment usage for one or multiple instruments that the Lab Admin has assigned to them. They can also invite users but only give them permission to the instruments they are responsible for.

Admin: An Admin is the highest level of role. They have full control and access over the entire lab to make and manage bookings, equipment and users, and can assign instruments to Instructors for them to manage.