Biography

Dong Hyun KIM is a Postdoctoral researcher at the Laboratory of Integrated Performance in Design (LIPID) in the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (EPFL). Dong Hyun is a researcher in the areas of illuminating engineering and building science and his current research interest includes perceptual effects of view quality and shading patterns on glare perception as well as glare measurement principles by imaging luminance measurement device (ILMD).

Dong Hyun holds a PhD in Built Environment (2018) and a MSc in Light and Lighting (2012) from University College London (UK). In his PhD, he investigated how positive emotion and atmosphere in an office space is associated with the lit environment. His work included characterization of the emotionally affective lit environment and the development of new assessment tools that could explore emotional responses of dynamic lighting settings. 

Prior to joining EPFL, he worked as a postdoc researcher at the Chair of Indoor Environment in Delft University of Technology (NL) from 2018 to 2020.