Yan Ren-Butcher, Ph.D., is a Horticultural lighting consultant and a member of the Research Advisory Panel for the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES). After earning her Ph.D. in Horticulture Science from Texas A&M University in 2011, Yan began her professional career as a Plant Scientist at Phillips Research. In addition to managing various research projects with universities, she co-published the results of multiple studies in peer-reviewed journals. Later, she served as a Product Manager at Hubbell Lighting for two years to be more engaged in growers’ needs and to provide product innovation to develop LED horticulture lighting products. Afterwards, she shifted back to the scientific world and served as Director of Horticulture Science at Illumitex, a leading LED horticultural lighting company, until August 2019. Her job focused primarily on providing Plant & Light educational trainings and scientific contents for marketing materials (such as white papers, grower guides and blogs), leading product trials, collaborating with research institutions and universities, as well as providing sales support to customers/growers. She represented Illumitex as a member of the standard development committee of Electromagnetic Radiation Application for Plants under the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineer (ASABE).

Yan possesses countless years of relevant experience, focusing largely on helping to bridge the knowledge gap between lighting and horticulture to ensure her customers understand the value of lighting technology to more accurately discover the right lighting solutions for their applications.