Marilyne Andersen

At-a-Glance

Director General at GESDA and Full Professor at EPFL, heading the Laboratory of Integrated Performance in Design (LIPID).
Co-founder of OCULIGHT dynamics, a start-up offering specialized consulting services on daylight and its psycho-physiological effects.
Leads pioneering work at the interface between science and engineering, design, society, and culture.
A leading expert in the field of daylight in relation to neuroscience and psychophysics.
Served on the Board of the global Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction (2015-2024) and as an expert to the Innovation Council of InnoSuisse (2018-2024).
Was a Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and head of the MIT Daylighting Lab.

Biography

Marilyne Andersen serves as the Director General of the GESDA Foundation (Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator) since April 2025. She is also a Full Professor at EPFL, where she launched and heads the Laboratory of Integrated Performance in Design (LIPID) in Fall 2010.