Baker Lighting Lab is a collective of researchers and designers who share a common interest in the study of light. As a lab situated within the Department of Architecture in the College of Design, the Baker Lighting Lab supports research on light as it impacts human perception, well-being, and energy use in the built environment. Baker is a founding member of the Institute for Health in the Built Environment and collaborates closely with the Energy Studies in Buildings Laboratory and the Biology in the Built Environment Center. In addition to its research mission, the lab offers technical support to courses that measure, analyze, and design electric lighting and daylight design systems.
Baker Lab Staff
Dr. Siobhan Rockcastle, Baker Chair, Associate Professor of Architecture, Co-Director for IHBE
Alen Mahic, Research Associate, joint appointment with ESBL
Maryam Esmailian, Doctoral Research Assistant
Tina Ou, Undergraduate Assistant
Recent Lab Alumni
Anupam Satumane, PhD, 2024
Rigel Wakil, BArch, 2024
Hadley Carlberg, BArch, 2023
Joseph McLaughlin, MS, 2022
McKenzie Vanko, MArch 2022
Aaron Milgrim, BArch 2022
Galen Sollom-Brotherton, MArch MIArc 2022
Marin Nagle, BArch 2021
Megan Danell, MArch 2020
Evon Calabrese, MArch 2019
Mia Ashley, BArch 2019
Samantha Ruddy, BIArch 2018
Matthew Chua, MArch 2018
KC Eck, MArch 2018
Past Frederick Charles Baker Lab Chairs
Virginia Cartwright (2014-2017)
Patrick Quigley (2014)
Claudia Kappl (2011)
Donald Watson (2007-2008)
Julle Oksanen and Hannu Tikka (2007)
James Carpenter (2002)
Walter Grondzik (1999-2000)
Martin Schwartz (1994)
Marietta Millet (1993)
Henry Plummer (1992)
William M.C. Lam (1989)
Richard C. Peters (1987)
Joel Loveland
William C. Lam