Cláudia Amorim, University of Brasília (BR)

Architect and PhD, she is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Brasília, coordinates the Laboratory of Environmental Control and Energy Efficiency. Researcher for the International Energy Agency (IEA) SHC, contributing to Task 50, Task 61 and Task 70. Officer member for Division 3 of the International Commission on Illumination (CIE) and as Chair of Technical Committee TC 3-61. She also collaborates on architectural projects focused on energy efficiency, lighting, and sustainability, and actively participates in national standardization bodies related to energy efficiency, daylighting, building labeling, and environmental comfort. Previously, she served as Dean of Research (2017–2022) and as Pro-Rector of Research and Innovation at the University of Brasília (2020–2021).

Darron Haylock, Foster + Partners (UK)

Darron, a graduate of Architecture from De Montfort University, Leicester, was twice awarded ‘Graduate Student of the Year’. Since joining Foster + Partners in 1995, he has led a diverse range of projects—from healthcare facilities in the UK to landmark towers in Israel. Notable works include the Maggie’s Centre in Manchester and The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. His portfolio also features an office building in Warsaw, the Royal Hamilius development in Luxembourg, and ICÔNE in Belval. He is currently leading The Grid, a flexible office development in Athens. He was made a project director in 2001 and a partner in 2004.  

David Geisler-Moroder, University of Innsbruck (AT)  

After completing his doctorate in Technical Mathematics, David Geisler-Moroder worked for 12 years as a project manager and head of the competence field daylight at Bartenbach. Since 2023, he has been as research associate at the Unit for Energy Efficient Building at the University of Innsbruck. His main work and research areas include the development of simulation methods, the interface between daylighting and building physics, daylighting systems, (day)lighting effects on humans, and lighting technology principles. David leads the Subtask “Digitalized Lighting Solutions” in the IEA Task “Low Carbon, High Comfort Integrated Lighting”, as well as the ISO/CIE standardization project on “BSDF data generation for complex fenestration systems”.

Eleonora Brembilla, Delft University of Technology (NL)

Dr. Eleonora Brembilla is an Assistant Professor at the department of Architectural Engineering and Technology at TU Delft. She specialises in building daylight modelling, investigating the interrelationship between daylight and architectural design and technology. Her research group uses a combination of simulation and monitoring methods to reconstruct the complex spatial and temporal dynamics of daylight in buildings, for use in building design and operation. Dr Brembilla is an active member of professional organisations, including IBPSA and Dutch Daylight. Her work bridges academic research and practical applications, advancing resource-conscious and healthy building designs.

Flavia Magliacani, University of Rome (IT)

Flavia Magliacani is an Architect and researcher specializing in housing and urban design. She is a PhD in architecture. Her doctoral thesis ‘The forms of intensity - reinterpreting urban density for contemporary living space’ was awarded with distinction and has been published. She is a research fellow at Sapienza University of Rome, conducting research on design control of natural light in living and school spaces. She held a post-doctoral position at the CNRS - UMR AUSser of the ENSA Paris-Belleville. As an active member of IPRAUS (Institut parisien de recherche : architecture, urbanistique, société), she is part of the ‘ReSoie’ international research network.

Florencia Collo, Atmos Lab (UK)

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Florencia graduated in architecture at the University of Buenos Aires (FADU, UBA), and completed post-graduate studies in the MSc Sustainable Environmental Design at the AA, under the direction of Simos Yannas. In 2016 she co-founded Atmos Lab, an environmental design consultancy, where she is the main project leader. She has taught History of Architecture, Urban Planning (FADU, UBA), and since 2022 she leads a course about Environmental Design in Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. She is also a member of the PLEA organisation (Passive Low Energy Architecture).

Helle Foldbjerg Rasmussen, Danish Technological Institute (DK)

Innovation Manager at Danish Technological Institute with over 20 years of experience with Daylight, Indoor Climate, and Energy in buildings. She holds a M.Sc. in Engineering from Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and specializes in daylight optimization, solar shading technologies and sustainable façade design. Helle serves CEN and ISO standardization committees and leads the task force revising the daylight provision criteria in the European Daylight Standard EN17037. Her work bridges technical expertise with practical implementation for creating energy-efficient, comfortable building environments.

Ivan A. Nikolov, Aalborg University (DK)

Ivan Nikolov is an assistant professor part of the Computer Graphics Group at Aalborg University, within the Department of Architecture, Design and Media Technology. His main research interests are in computer graphics, extended reality, deep learning and computer vision, together with games and interactive applications. Synthetic data generation, digital twins and generative models and how they are used to help creating more robust and responsive systems.

Jan Wienhold, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (CH)

Jan Wienold is an expert in daylight research, visual comfort, and building performance simulation, known for developing the Daylight Glare Probability (DGP) metric and authoring the glare analysis tool evalglare. His work includes daylight and thermal simulations, façade consultancy, and the design of zero-energy buildings. He has extensive experience conducting user assessments in both test rooms and real office environments. Jan actively contributes to the development of international and European standards on daylight and solar control (EN17037, EN14501) and participates in several CIE Technical Committees, helping to bridge the gap between scientific research and practical application in climate-responsive, user-centered building design.

John Mardaljevic, Daylight Experts (UK) 

John Mardaljevic is Emeritus Professor of Building Daylight Modelling (Loughborough University, UK) and the owner/director of Daylight Experts Ltd. For over 25 years Prof Mardaljevic has been at the forefront of daylighting research (e.g. definitive validation of Radiance, development of CBDM) and application (e.g. New York Times Building, Central Park Tower, Expert Witness on high-profile cases). Additionally, he has served on standardisation panels (BS 8206, EN 17037), currently chairs the CIBSE Daylight Group and is engaged as an Advisor with the Building Lighting Group at TU Eindhoven.

Joseph Allen, Harvard University (US)

Dr. Joe Allen is associate professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, director of Harvard’s Healthy Buildings Program, and coauthor of Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Can Make You Sick—or Keep You Well. Dr. Allen serves on Harvard’s Presidential Committee on Sustainability, he keynoted the White House’s first ever Indoor Air Quality Summit, and during the COVID-19 pandemic, served as Commissioner of The Lancet COVID-19 Commission and Chair of its Safe Work, Safe Schools, and Safe Travel Task Force. In 2023, Allen was featured on the 60 Minutes episode, The Air We Breathe, spotlighting the value of healthy indoor air quality for virus mitigation. He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed scientific papers, and regularly contributes to the New York Times, Washington Post, and Harvard Business Review.

Kynthia Chamilothori, Eindhoven University of Technology (NL) 

Kynthia Chamilothori is an Assistant Professor in the Human-Technology Interaction (HTI) group at the Eindhoven University of Technology. Her research interests and expertise lie at the intersection of architecture, lighting, and environmental psychology, with a particular focus on how our surroundings can shape our emotions and behavior, such as inviting us to approach a space or inducing stress-protective effects. In recent years, she has been increasingly worried about the devastating effects of human activity on the planet, and is interested in the role of lighting research, architecture, and environmental psychology in supporting pro-environmental behavior and climate action.

Lisa Heschong, Independent Consultant (US)

Lisa Heschong has been researching, writing and speaking about  daylight, visual quality, and human health for most of her long career. An architect and founding principal of the energy consulting firm, the Heschong Mahone Group, she led groundbreaking research finding an association between more daylight and window views with increased retail sales, office work cognitive performance, and student test scores. She is author of “Thermal Delight in Architecture,” and its new companion volume:  “Visual Delight in Architecture: Daylight, Vision and View.” Most recently, she has been collaborating with scientists around the world on the intersection between daylight and public health.

Lorna Flores Villa, BRE (UK)

Lorna joined the BRE lighting team in 2022. She specialises in daylight and sunlight assessment, survey and prediction, and third party review of technical reports on daylighting. She obtained her PhD from University College London (UCL), with a focus on daylight and wellbeing in older adults. Lorna’s background includes research collaborations with UCL’s Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering (IEDE) and teaching postgraduate level modules at UCL and the University of Greenwich, London.

Louise Grønlund, Royal Danish Academy (DK)

Louise Grønlund is an Associate Professor, PhD, and Architect MAA at the Royal Danish Academy – Architecture, Design, Conservation. She leads the research cluster Light in Architecture and Design and heads the bachelor’s program Space and Detail at Institute of Architecture and Space.
Her research and research-based teaching focus on the aesthetic qualities of daylight and its impact on spatial experience. Her work is grounded in a qualitative and phenomenological approach, combining Research by Design with academic research.
A notable example is the development and research project Poetic Daylight—a full-scale pavilion designed to evoke and explore the poetic and aesthetic qualities of daylight.

Marcel Schweiker, University of Aachen (DE) 

Since 2020, Marcel Schweiker is a full professor leading the Chair of Healthy Living Spaces at RWTH Aachen University, Faculty of Architecture and the Healthy Living Spaces lab, which is embedded in the Institute for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine at the University Hospital RWTH Aachen in Germany. He holds a Diploma in Architecture from Kassel University, a PhD in Environmental and Information Sciences from Tokyo City University and a Postdoctoral Lecture Qualification (Habilitation) in Building physics and indoor climate from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Marcel Schweiker’s research and teaching is at the edge of several disciplines including architecture, engineering, medicine, and psychology. His core interests are in improving our understanding on those indoor environmental conditions promoting well-being and health within the built environment.

Marijana Milicevic, Saint-Gobain (FR)

Marijana Milicevic is based in Paris, France, and holds a Bachelor's degree in Physics. She defended her PhD thesis on photonics and semiconductor physics in 2018. Since 2019, she has been working at Saint-Gobain Research Paris, initially as a research engineer and, since 2023, as an R&D project leader. Her work focuses on light-matter interaction in building materials and improving their sustainability. She has developed several devices and protocols for direct daylight measurement, contributing to the study of visual comfort in buildings.

Mathias Sønderskov Schaltz, Link Arkitektur (DK)

Mathias Sønderskov Schaltz is the Computational Design Lead in LINK IO, a group dedicated to translating data into design at LINK Arkitektur. On projects he works as a daylight design consultant in the intersection of architecture, sustainability, and computational design. With a background in architectural engineering, he combines technical precision with a designer’s mindset, developing custom tools and workflows to support performance-driven decision-making. His work spans concept development, daylight certifications, and the creation of scalable methods for complex projects in the Scandinavian context. Something he does with equal parts patience and pragmatism.

Michael Kent, Singapore University of Social Sciences (SG)

Michael Kent works as a researcher at the Singapore University of Social Sciences. He is particularly interested in research methodologies and data analytics, especially those that allow for accurate measurement of visual perception and daylighting performance. This may include gathering and analysing data from participant studies, computer simulations, and field studies utilising advanced lighting sensors and systems. His research is dedicated to improving sustainable building performance while prioritising human comfort and well-being, with a specific focus on window design to optimise indoor daylighting and provide quality views of the outside environment.

Nanet Mathiasen, Aalborg University (DK)

Nanet Mathiasen is trained as an architect at the Royal Danish Academy, School of Architecture. After graduating, she contributed to research and teaching at the School of Architecture, through which she established her profound knowledge of architectural daylight design. This was further qualified by completing her Ph.D. thesis: Nordic light and its relation to daylight openings in Nordic architecture. Throughout her research and teaching career, she has focused on describing perceived daylight qualities and the aesthetics of light in architecture. In her current position at Aalborg University, she has broadened her research field to include sensory stimuli of light and how to incorporate these effects in healthcare architecture.

Natalia Giraldo Vasquez, Technical University of Denmark (DK)

Natalia Giraldo Vasquez is an Assistant Professor at the International Centre for Indoor Environment and Energy (ICIEE) at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), responsible for the Daylighting and Lighting course. She is an Architect from the National University of Colombia and holds a Master's degree in Architecture and Urbanism and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil. As a Marie-Curie postdoc fellow at ICIEE, she researched the effects of visual stimuli and temperature on people's responses. Natalia conducted field studies on visual comfort in classrooms with young children and contributed to upgrading the Daylighting Chapter of the Brazilian Performance Standard for Residential Buildings. She is a reviewer for Building and Environment, Energy and Buildings, Leukos, and Indoor and Built Environment.  

Niko Gentile, Lund University (SE)

Niko Gentile research focuses on lighting and daylighting, blending building physics with environmental psychology and architecture. His research includes the study of user-driven energy savings, the interplay between daylight and environmental performance of buildings, and the understanding of daylighting as an indoor environmental quality in buildings. Passionate about pedagogy, he co-developed NLITED, an online daylighting course, and co-authored Daylighting and Lighting Under a Nordic Sky. He currently co-leads Subtask D of IEA SHC Task 70 "low-carbon, high-comfort integrated lighting".

Paul Rogers, ACC Glas och Fasadkonsult AB (SE)

Architect and daylight certification specialist at ACC glass and facade consultants in Sweden. Paul leads a group of five daylight certification specialists and is a frequent author and lecturer on daylight. He is also involved in the development of daylight criteria for the Svanen Nordic label, BREEAM and BREEAM-SE certification systems and is one of the creators behind the LEED ACP for Daylight for Nordic Projects. He serves as Sweden Green Building Council and Svanen Nordic label’s designated expert on daylight and represents the Swedish Standard Institute in the development of the CEN 17037 Daylight Standard.

Özge Karaman Madan, Eindhoven University of Technology (NL) 

Özge Karaman-Madan is a 4th-year PhD candidate at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), with a background in architecture and a master’s in building science. Her PhD research focuses on how daylight and dynamic sunlight patterns from nature affect human restoration in indoor environments. She investigates how the spatial and temporal qualities of these patterns shape human experience and affect restoration, using a variety of methods such as image processing and physiological and subjective data analysis.

Renate Hammer, Institute of Building Research and Innovation (AT)

Russell Foster, Oxford University (UK)

Russell Foster is the Head of Oxford’s Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, and is the founder and Director of the Sleep and Circadian Research Institute. His research addresses how circadian rhythms and sleep are generated and particularly how they are regulated by light. Russell was elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society (2008), the Royal Society of Biology (2011) and the Academy of Medical Sciences (2013), and was appointed as a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) for services to science. He has published over 300 scientific papers and received multiple national and international awards, including recently the “Daylight Prize”. 

Sergio Altomonte, Université Catholique de Louvain (BE)

Sergio Altomonte is Full Professor of Architectural Physics at the Universite’ catholique de Louvain (Belgium), where he is Dean of Research for Landscape, Architecture, Built Environment. His research expertise sits at the intersection between physical forces and human perceptions and behaviours within built spaces. He obtained his master’s in architecture and PhD in environmental design at the University of Rome La Sapienza (Italy). He was also awarded a master’s in architecture and sustainable development at the EPFL (Switzerland). He has held academic appointments in Italy, Australia (Melbourne) and UK (Nottingham), and visiting positions in Denmark (Copenhagen) and the US (Berkeley).

Sneha Jain, Stanford University (US)

Dr. Sneha Jain is a postdoctoral scholar in the Civil and Environmental Engineering school at Stanford University. She earned her PhD from EPFL in Switzerland, where she investigated the influence of eye physiology and color of daylight on visual comfort. Sneha is an architect by training and have a background in building science and information technology. She was a research fellow at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Currently, her work at Stanford is on evaluating the impact of certain built features on the health and wellbeing of low-income older adult residents to support aging in place.

Zhang Li, Tsinghua University, Atelier Teamminus (CN)

ZHANG Li is the Dean / Professor of Architecture in the School of Architecture, Principal of THADI, Tsinghua University, China. In late 2021, he has been elected as National Master of Engineering Design and Geotechnique Investigation. ZHANG Li is currently the Vice-President [Region IV] of UIA, a standing board member of the Architectural Society of China, and the Editor-in-Chief of the leading Chinese magazine World Architecture. ZHANG Li is the founder and a main advocator of Urban Ergonomics, an interdisciplinary domain focusing on human body and space, and the design of active urban spaces. ZHANG Li's design works cover a wide range of scales, from urban designs, buildings to microcosm interventions. He and TeamMinus has won over thirty national and international awards in the past decade. In 2022, he is the laureate of 11th Liang Sicheng Architecture Prize, which is the most prestigious Chinese award for architects and architecture scholars.