MICHAEL SIMINOVITCH
Director of CLTC; Rosenfeld Chair in Energy Efficiency; Professor, Design Program

Professor Michael Siminovitch is Director of the California Lighting Technology Center, Associate Director of the Energy Efficiency Center, Rosenfeld Chair in Energy Efficiency, and Professor of Design at UC Davis. Dr. Siminovitch established the Lighting Center as an industry, utility and government partnership to accelerate the commercialization and development of efficient residential and commercial lighting technologies. Dr. Siminovitch participated on the development team for California’s Strategic Lighting Plan and helped lead efforts to update the new Title 24 and Title 20 regulations for exterior lighting. He helped establish UC Davis's Smart Lighting Initiative, one of the largest lighting retrofit projects in California, as a model strategy for the UC system and other entities.

Dr. Siminovitch has also established an undergraduate concentration at UC Davis with classes in lighting technology, design and daylighting. Last year he established the first graduate program in the country focused on Lighting Controls at UC Davis, funded by the lighting industry.

Dr. Siminovitch is a graduate of Carleton University, Faculty of Engineering. He received his Master's Degrees in both Industrial Design and in Architecture from the University of Illinois, where he held the Plym fellowship and was awarded the Henry Adams Scholastic Gold Medal. He earned his doctorate degree in Architecture and Human Factors Engineering from the University of Michigan.

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