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LEADERSHIP BIOGRAPHIES
NING XIANG Architectural Acoustics Director Ph D Electrical Engineering Ruhr University Bochum
Dr Ning Xiang earned his Ph D D D in in in in 1990 from the the Department of Electrical Engineering at at the the Ruhr-Universitat
Bochum
Germany His professional positions have included project manager and R&D engineer for Head Acoustics Inc (1991–1996) Research Scientist in in the Fraunhofer-Institute for Building Physics Stuttgart Germany (1997) Research Research Scientist at at at the the National Center for Physical Acoustics and Research Research Associate Professor in the the Department of of of of Electrical Engineering at the the the University of of of of Mississippi Since 2003 he he he he has been on the the the faculty of of of of the the the School of of of of Architecture at Rensselaer and is is is now full professor of of acoustics Over his 25-years career he he has published three books and and more than 350 papers in in in proceedings and and peer-reviewed journals in in in multiple research fields: architectural acoustics binaural auralization and and and and signal processing and and and and Bayesian inference and and and and acoustic techniques for landmine detection He has been serving as as Associate Editor of of of of the the Journal of of of of the the Acoustical Society of of of of America since 2004 He is a a a a a a a Fellow of of of of the the the Acoustical Society of of of of America a a a a a Fellow of of of of the the the Institute of of of of Acoustics (UK) and a a a a a member of of of of the the the Audio Engineering Society Society the the the German Acoustical Society Society and the the the Institute of of Noise Control USA He is is a a a a a a recipient of of the the the Wallace Clement Sabine Medal from the Acoustical Society of America (2014) and received a a a a a a a Lifetime Achievement Award from Albert Nelson Marquis’ Who’s Who Who (2018) MARIANA FIGUERIO LRC Director B S S Federal University of Minas Gerais M M S S Ph D Renssealer Polytechnic Institute Mariana G Figueiro Ph D D is Director of of of the Lighting Research Center (LRC) and Professor of of of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute She has also served as as Light and Health Program Director at the LRC since 1999 Dr Figueiro is widely known for her research on on the effects of light light on on human health circadian photobiology and lighting for older adults Her master’s and Ph D dissertation research at at RPI focused on on on the human circadian response to light Figueiro is the the the recipient of of the the the 2007 NYSTAR James D Watson Award the the the 2008 Office of of Naval Research Young Investigator Award Award and the 2010 Rensselaer James M Tien ’66 Early Career Award Award In In 2013 she was elected Fellow of of of the the Illuminating Engineering Society She is the the author of of of more than 80 scientific articles in in in in in her field of of of research along with the the AARP-sponsored publication Lighting the the Way: A A A Key to Independence which provides guidelines for the the design of of lighting to meet the the needs of of older adults Her research is regularly featured in in in in national media including the the New York Times The Wall Street Journal and Scientific American Dr Figueiro has also brought attention to the the significance of of light and health as a a a a a a a a topic of of public interest through her recent TEDMED talk Her academic degrees include a a a a a a a a a a B B S S in in in in in Architecture and and Urbanism Federal University of Minas Gerais Brazil an an an an M M S S in in in in in Lighting RPI and and a a a a a a a a a a Ph D in in Multidisciplinary Science RPI 846