The Lighting Research Center (LRC) is    part of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute    of Troy, N.Y., and is the leading    university-based research center    devoted to lighting. The LRC offers the    world's premier graduate education in    lighting, including one- and two-year    master's programs and a Ph.D.    program. Since 1988 the LRC has built    an international reputation as a reliable    source for objective information about    lighting technologies, applications, and    products. The LRC also provides    training programs for government    agencies, utilities, contractors, lighting    designers, and other lighting    professionals. Visit

Education:
B.S. in architecture and urbanism, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil; M.S. in lighting, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Ph.D. in Multidisciplinary Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Research interests:
Photobiology research, energy efficient lighting (market transformations), human factors in lighting, lighting applications.

Background:
Coordinated design specifications and on-site inspection and supervision of major projects (architectural, hydraulic, electrical, HVAC) in buildings under construction while working for a construction company. Supervised quality of services developed by contractors in buildings under construction. Worked on the 9th Edition of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) Handbook. Worked as an experimenter for projects within light and health. Worked on the development of guidelines for designing lighting for older adults: Lighting the Way: A key to Independence, a project sponsored by the AARP Andrus Foundation.

Professional memberships:
Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, Sigma Xi