Graduate education
Faculty
The faculty at the LRC includes some of the world's leading experts working in the field of lighting today. Graduate education at the LRC allows students to work and learn alongside these world-renowned lighting experts.
LRC faculty members are:
- Lighting designers, architects, and architectural engineers skilled in lighting design and application
- Physicists, engineers, and researchers investigating the latest technological innovations
- Photobiologists, psychologists, and human factors researchers
Here is a current list of our faculty members. Click on the names to learn more about these instructors and their work.
 Andrew Bierman, M.S., L.C.
|
| Senior Research Scientist |
| Photometry Manager |
| Adjunct Assistant Professor |
| 518-687-7128 |
| bierma2@rpi.edu |
| Jennifer Brons, M.S., B.A., L.C. |
| Research Scientist |
| DELTA Program Manager |
| Adjunct Assistant Professor |
| 518-687-7136 |
| bronsj@rpi.edu |
| John Bullough, Ph.D. |
| Senior Research Scientist |
| Adjunct Assistant Professor |
| 518-687-7138 |
| bulloj@rpi.edu |
| Mariana Figueiro, Ph.D. |
| Program Director |
| Associate Professor |
| 518-687-7142 |
| figuem@rpi.edu |
| Jean Paul Freyssinier, M.S. |
| Lighting Design Specialist |
| Research Assistant Professor |
| 518-687-7146 |
| freysj@rpi.edu |
| Russ Leslie, M.Arch. |
| Associate Director |
| Chair, Graduate Programs in Lighting |
| Professor |
| 518-687-7100 |
| leslir@rpi.edu |
| Peter Morante, B.S. |
| Director of Energy Programs |
| Adjunct Assistant Professor |
| 518-687-7173 |
| moranp@rpi.edu |
| Nadarajah Narendran, Ph.D. |
| Director of Research |
| Associate Professor |
| 518-687-7176 |
| narenn2@rpi.edu |
| Mark Rea, Ph.D. |
| LRC Director |
| Professor |
| Professor of Cognitive Science |
| 518-687-7100 |
| ream@rpi.edu |
| Patricia Rizzo, MSc LEED AP |
| DesignWorks Program Manager |
| Adjunct Assistant Professor |
| 518-687-7194 |
| rizzop2@rpi.edu |
| Abhay Wadhwa |
| Adjunct Assistant Professor |
| Principal, AWA Lighting Designers |
| 212-473-9797 |
| abhay@awalightingdesigners.com |
