Dr. Gibbons is also an Associate Professor in the School of Architecture and Design at Virginia Tech and the Director of the Infrastructure Based Safety Systems Program at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI). He is the Institute’s lead lighting research scientist. He is currently the PI on projects investigating the lighting needs of pedestrians in crosswalks, both mid-block and at intersections, impact of outdoor lighting on human health, the Spectral Effects of new light sources on roadways, and is the subject matter lead for the FHWA office Safety IDIQ contract. Gibbons is the author of over 80 published papers on lighting, photometry, and target visibility. Dr. Gibbons is also the primary author of the Federal Highway Administrations Roadway Lighting handbook and the AASHTO guidelines for LED Lighting, He is a past Director of Division 4 of the International Commission on Illumination (CIE) and a past president of the Illuminating Engineering Society.