Visual and Non-Visual Effects of Light (PDF)

Agnieszka Wolska, PhD (Eng), DSc, Head of Optical Radiation Laboratory in the Central Institute for Labour Protection - National Research Institute. She was graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering (specialization: Lighting Engineering) at the Warsaw University of Technology (Poland). In 1997 she prepared her dissertation (Ph.D.): "Environmental luminance in the visual field of VDT operators and visual fatigue" and in 2014 she prepared her D.Sc. monograph "Optical radiation in the working environment", both at Technical University of Bialystok.

She carries out activities in the area of lighting engineering, influence of lighting on psychophysiology of vision (experimental studies concerning evaluation of visual fatigue, visual comfort, psychomotor performance and alertness related to lighting of different parameters), visual ergonomics, hazards of optical radiation, risk assessment at the work stands.

She is an expert of Group for Physical Agents (optical radiation) of Polish Interdepartmental Commission for MAC and MAI Values (from 2009). She is also a member of CIE Division 1 (Vision and colour), Polish Ergonomics Society, Polish Committee on Illumination, European experts' network of occupational safety and health EUROSHNET.

Dariusz Sawicki, PhD (Eng), DSc, Head of Department of Information-Measuring Systems in Warsaw University of Technology. He was graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering (specialization: Metrology) at the Warsaw University of Technology (Poland). In 1987 he prepared his dissertation (Ph.D.): "Komputerowa metoda graficznego przedstawiania powierzchni opisanych równaniami parametrycznymi" and in 2008 he prepared his D.Sc. monograph "Wybrane problemy symulacji figury jasnych punktów z wykorzystaniem metody sledzenia promieni", both at Warsaw University of Technology.

He carries out activities in the area of computer graphics, ray tracing, global illumination, ray tracing application