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Technische Universität Berlin
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SHORT BIOGRAPHY:
Stephan Völker is Professor and Chair for Lighting Technology at Technische Universität Berlin. His research includes investigations into brightness perception, light and radiation measurement, light and thermal comfort and the characterization of daylight. Völker studied electrical engineering and lighting engineering at Technische Universität Ilmenau and holds a PhD from that institution. He has previously held posts at University College London, Universität Paderborn and Technische Universität Ilmenau as well as industry experience at the firm Hella KG. Völker has received research grants from the Federal Ministry for Traffic and Digital Infrastructure, the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and the Federal Ministry for Education and Research as well as a fellowship from the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation. His innovative research has been recognized through prizes including the “Deutscher Verkehrssicherheitspreis” (German Traffic Safety Award) and the Helwig Award for Professorial Dissertation. Völker is a member of the German Society of Lighting (LiTG), the LiTG Technical Scientific Committee, the LiTG expert forum “External Lighting,” the Technical Committee‚ Mesopic Vision (J-TC 1), the Society of Light and Lighting (SLL in GB) and chair of Technical Committee‚ Discomfort Glare TC 4-33 of the CIE.
Selected Publications:
1. Broszio, K., Knoop, M., Niedling, M. and S. Völker. 2017. “Effective radiant flux for non-image forming effects – Is the illuminance and the melanopic irradiance at the eye really the right measure?” In Proceedings of Lux Europa 2017, Ljubljana, Slovakia, 2017, 31-36. Ljublijana: Lighting Engineering Society of Slovenia, 2017.
2. Rothert, I., Knoop, M. and S. Völker. 2017. “Impact of spectrum and illuminance on alertness – a quasi-field study in a lecture hall.” In Proceedings of Lux Europa 2017, Ljubljana, Slovakia, 2017, 329-333. Ljublijana: Lighting Engineering Society of Slovenia, 2017.
3. Diakite, A., Knoop, M., Bremer, S. and S. Völker. “Practical applicability of spectral sky models in an urban planning process.” In Proceedings of LICHT 2016, Karlsruhe, Germany, 343-350. Karlsruhe: DLG, 2016.
4. Rothert, I. and S. Völker. “Investigation of the temporal process of improved attention by biolo-gically effective light.” In Proceedings of LICHT 2016, Karlsruhe, Germany, 163-170. Karlsruhe: DLG, 2016.
5. Liedtke, C., Knoop, M. and S. Völker. “Can we rely on the luminance distribution?” In Procee-dings of Balkan Light 2015, Athens, Greece, 85-88. Athens: National Technical University of Athens, 2015.
6. Liedtke, C., Knoop, M. and S. Völker. 2015. “The construction process in the spatial light perception.” In Proceedings of the 28th session of the CIE, Manchester, United Kingdom, 1981-1986. Manchester: CIE, 2015.
7. Kirsch, R. M. and S. Völker. 2015. “The effect of luminance distributions on visual appearance in offices.” In Proceedings of the 28th session of the CIE, Manchester, United Kingdom, 270-273. Manchester: CIE, 2015.
8. Kirsch, R. and S. Völker. “Solid State Lighting in offices: Impact on lighting quality and room appearance.” In CIE x039:2014 Proceedings of CIE 2014‚ Lighting Quality and Energy Efficiency‘, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 88-95. Kuala Lumpur: CIE, 2014.
9. Liedtke, C., Völker, S. and M. Knoop. “The light direction and directional light – Towards a new quantification of an essential lighting quality criterion.” In Proceedings of the CIE Centenary Conference, Paris, France, 542-551. Paris: CIE, 2013.
10. Liedtke, C., Schmits, P. W. and S. Völker. 2013. “The incidence of light and directional light in interiors – A rethinking of a lighting quality aspect.” In Proceedings of Lux Europa 2013, Warschau, Poland, 535-540. Warsaw: LUX EUROPA, 2013.
