Kate Hickcox, Lighting Research Scientist

KATE HICKCOX joined Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in 2020. She is a creative thinker with over 20 years of experience in lighting, research, and design. Hickcox’s work focuses on sustainability, which means considering the complex aesthetic, technical, visual, and non-visual needs of people while at the same time equitably benefiting the economy, society, and the environment. Her work at PNNL includes supporting Energy Equity and Justice in Systems Technology work, leading decarbonization and circularity efforts for lighting and other mechanical and electrical systems, and work in outdoor nighttime lighting. She has authored or co-authored many technical publications/reports and has presented at LightFair International, IALD, LEDucation, the CIE, and the IES on many topics. Hickcox is currently a member of the IES Standards Committee, member of the ASHRAE Building Decarbonization Whole Life Design Guide working group, Secretary of the IES Technical Committee: Discomfort Glare in Outdoor Nighttime Environments, and a contributing member of the IES Sustainability Committee.