{"id":23531,"date":"2026-01-16T11:02:54","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T16:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/?p=23531"},"modified":"2026-01-16T11:02:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T16:02:54","slug":"call-lighting-phd-opportunity-at-rensselaer-polytechnic-institutes-lighting-research-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2026\/01\/16\/call-lighting-phd-opportunity-at-rensselaer-polytechnic-institutes-lighting-research-center\/","title":{"rendered":"CALL: Lighting PhD Opportunity at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute&#8217;s Lighting Research Center"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is seeking one, possibly two, motivated doctoral students to join the lighting research group at RPI, Troy, NY, starting August 2026:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=https-3A__www.arch.rpi.edu_academic_graduate_lighting_&amp;d=DwMFBA&amp;c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&amp;r=Zzyb7IYxCgyPEmvC9uoVKw&amp;m=J1OIritqlt81Fq3mEBAVhakXVZ5jLCkQA2BlExFu6tqme_WDnqRgkY4eRI2fBofU&amp;s=feNXFFVUYGy-o9m5DX3-zyX50-j9heKJBQmug1WVHEE&amp;e=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.arch.rpi.edu\/academic\/graduate\/lighting\/<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=https-3A__www.lrc.rpi.edu_&amp;d=DwMFBA&amp;c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&amp;r=Zzyb7IYxCgyPEmvC9uoVKw&amp;m=J1OIritqlt81Fq3mEBAVhakXVZ5jLCkQA2BlExFu6tqme_WDnqRgkY4eRI2fBofU&amp;s=2toNmB_dhJ00rzkG_NTPBU4em2OVzrXYMOXe041C8Ak&amp;e=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.lrc.rpi.edu\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Qualified students will investigate lighting design and quality related questions at the intersection of technology, application and human factors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>They are still accepting applications for the PhD Architectural Sciences with a concentration in Lighting throughout January (even if the website mentions 15th January as deadline), applications are still open:\u00a0<\/strong><strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=https-3A__gradadmissions.rpi.edu_deadlines-2Dand-2Drequirements&amp;d=DwMFBA&amp;c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&amp;r=Zzyb7IYxCgyPEmvC9uoVKw&amp;m=J1OIritqlt81Fq3mEBAVhakXVZ5jLCkQA2BlExFu6tqme_WDnqRgkY4eRI2fBofU&amp;s=mJNOA4zjPDF3SoexBaNZ7L_NqKhiKXi-oW94BQHfi34&amp;e=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/gradadmissions.rpi.edu\/deadlines-and-requirements<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interested candidates with questions can reach out directly to Ute C Besenecker PhD: <a href=\"mailto:besenu2@rpi.edu\">besenu2@rpi.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is seeking one, possibly two, motivated doctoral students to join the lighting research group at RPI, Troy,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-call","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23531"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23532,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23531\/revisions\/23532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}