Professor Nick Hunt is an international leader in lighting design and performance technology research. After a career as a professional lighting designer and technician, he started teaching at Rose Bruford College, later becoming Programme Director for BA Lighting Design, and then Head of the School of Design, Management and Technical Arts. He is now a Professor and Senior Research Fellow at the college. His research focuses on: light and performance; photography and scenography; digital scenography and digital performance; the role and status of theatre practitioners; the history of theatre technologies.

Nick has presented his work extensively both in the UK and internationally. He supports academic publishing through editorial roles and as a peer reviewer, and has served as convenor for working groups of the Theatre and Performance Research Association and the International Federation for Theatre Research. He has worked widely as an external examiner and education consultant in the UK and internationally, contributing to the development of existing and new programmes of study in Hong Kong, Singapore, Uzbekistan and the UK. He undertakes PhD examinations, including in Belgium, Australia and the UK, and has given lectures at the invitation of professional bodies including the Institute of Engineering and Technology. His life membership of the professional body The Association for Lighting Production and Design was awarded in recognition of his services to that organisation.

Nick continues to provide leadership in the research and teaching of lighting design and performance technologies.