Profile
Tony Esposito, PhD
Tony is the Founder and Head Research Scientist of Lighting Research Solutions, a lighting consultancy providing services in research, education, and development. Tony holds a doctorate in Architectural Engineering from Penn State University with a minor in statistics. His specialties include color science, color discrimination, IES TM-30, human factors research methods, circadian metrics, and spectral modeling and optimization. His mission is to study, discover, and deliver evidence-based lighting solutions that conserve energy and promote human health and well-being.
Tony previously served as a graduate fellow on an education grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), has won the Robert J. Besal scholarship four times, is a recipient of the 2019 Richard Kelly Grant, and won the CISBE 2019 Walsh-Weston Award from the Society of Light and Lighting (awarded for best best journal paper focusing on fundamental lighting matters published in Lighting Research & Technology).
He currently serves as the Co-Chair of the IES Color Committee and previously led the task group that developed IES TM-30 ANNEX E, a set of recommended specification criteria meant to ease the use of TM-30.