#229 Light as a Stimulation

Sponsored By: Keystone With Dr. Barbara Anne Murphy 12/30/21 – Lighting Episode 229 (Full Version) – Dr. Barbara Anne Murphy 38:47 Founder of Equilume Ltd, Dr. Barbara Anne Murphy is Head of Equine Science and Programme Director of the BAgrSc Animal Science-Equine degree at University College Dublin. Her research has led to a revolution in … Read more

#228 The Culture of Neon

Sponsored By: Satco With Len Davidson 12/27/21 – Lighting Episode 228 (Full Version) – Len Davidson 50:27 Following teaching at the University of Florida, opening a roadside restaurant with a neon theme, apprenticing at a neon shop, opening his own custom neon sign business, and collecting old neon signs, he finally opened the Neon Museum … Read more

#227 Measuring the Negative and the Positive

Sponsored By: Light Efficient Design With Ruth Kelly Waskett PhD 12/20/21 – Lighting Episode 227 (Full Version) – Ruth Kelly Waskett 53:33 Ruth is a lighting consultant with a background in engineering, lighting design and academia. She’s passionate about the role of daylight and sunlight in bringing buildings to life, and the impact of daylight … Read more

#226 The Promises of Light, Not Promises Promises

Sponsored By: Energy Focus With David Warfel 12/16/2021 – Lighting Episode 226 (Full Version) – David Warfel 47:15 David Warfel is Midwestern farm boy turned lighting designer, author, and educator who passionately shares the gift of light. David has extensive experience in lighting design, from theater to Las Vegas to cruise ships to pizza joints. … Read more

Starving for Darkness #35 The Importance of Non-Human Perspective

Sponsored By: EVLUMA With Hannah Moon 12/15/2021- Starving for Darkness #35 (Full Version) – Hannah Moon 53:12 Hannah Moon is a PhD Candidate at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa in Dr. Megan Porter’s vision lab. Her work focuses on understanding the physiological and molecular aspects of light perception in birds and has won multiple … Read more

#225 Marketing Claims Verification

Sponsored By: TCP With Todd Straka 12/9/21 – Lighting Episode 225 (Full Version) – Todd Straka 48:12 Todd Straka currently serves as global industry director for UL’s Lighting and Electrical Products Retail business. Michael and Greg grill Todd on product safety, the verification processes, labeling, surveillance and enforcement, and counterfeit labels. This stuff will make … Read more

Starving for Darkness #34 Does Light Pollution Drive Disease Transmission?

Sponsored By: Keystone Technologies With Dr. Meredith Kernbach 12/8/2021- Starving for Darkness #34 (Full Version) – Dr. Meredith Kernbach 55:41 Dr. Meredith Kernbach is a postdoctoral scholar at the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg in the lab of Dr. Mya Breitbart. For her doctoral dissertation, she studied how light pollution may affect zoonotic disease … Read more

Starving for Darkness #33 Finding the Sweet Spot

Sponsored By: EVLUMA With Dr. Andreas Jechow 12/1/2021- Starving for Darkness #33 (Full Version) – Dr. Andreas Jechow 1:02:01 Dr. Andreas Jechow is an interdisciplinary physicist with a broad expertise in photonics, the science of light. Earlier in his career Andreas worked in laser physics and quantum optics, for example on imaging the “shadow of … Read more