Roy Berns is an expert on color science, spectrophotometry, color imaging, color reproduction and spectral imaging of cultural heritage. His research includes multi-channel visible spectrum imaging, archiving and reproduction of cultural heritage; spectral modeling of multi-ink printers; quantifying the optical properties of painting varnishes and the impact on appearance, colorant selection for inpainting and colorimetry.

Berns is active in the International Commission on Illumination, contributing to the derivations of the CIE94 and CIEDE2000 color-difference equations and CRT colorimetry, color tolerances, and spectrophotometry.

He served on the board of directors of the Council for Optical Radiation Measurements and the Inter-Society Color Council. He received the ISCC Macbeth award for significant contributions to the field of color (1990) and the Society for Imaging Science and Technology journal award (1999).

Berns received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in textile science from University of California at Davis and his Ph.D. in chemistry with an emphasis in color science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Joel Kastner is an expert in astronomical imaging with emphasis on young stars and planet formation, evolved stars and planetary nebulae, x-ray imaging and spectroscopy, infrared imaging and spectroscopy, and radio (molecular line) spectroscopy.

He is the author or co-author of more than 50 refereed papers in astronomical literature over the past 10 years. Kastner is a member of proposal review panels for the Hubble Space Telescope, Chandra X-ray Observatory and the National Science Foundation radio astronomy program.

Kastner received his bachlor's in physics from University of Maryland (1981) and his master's degree (1986) and Ph.D. (1990) in astronomy from University of California.

Jeff Pelz is an expert in visual perception in the real world, human performance of complex tasks and eye movements as natural tools in perception and cognition.

He has expertise in the measurement of eye movements as a tool to probe perception and cognition, imaging systems, and in the design, construction, and operation of eye trackers in real and virtual environments. The RIT Wearable Eyetracker extends the ability to monitor eye movements beyond the laboratory.

Pelz, associate professor in the Carlson Center for Imaging Science and director of the RIT Visual Perception Laboratory, has authored numerous publications on human perception and performance.

As a member of the faculty since the center's inception in 1985, Pelz has taught a range of courses in imaging science, microelectronic engineering and imaging and photographic technology. His research area is high-level visual perception. Its goal is to further the understanding of how humans extract information from images and the environment and how that information is used in decision-making and guiding actions.

To support this study, the Visual Perception Laboratory has developed unique instrumentation that measures and records the eye movements of humans without restricting their movement.

Pelz received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in photographic illustration (1980) and his master's in imaging science (1986) from Rochester Institute of Technology. His earned his Ph.D. in brain and cognitive science from University of Rochester (1995).

Michael Peres is an expert on medical photography, biological photography, photomicrography, photography and technology, images in science, the RIT Big Shot, medical-legal photography, and information imaging.

He is responsible for coordinating several projects including Images from Science and RIT Big Shot. He is the Lennart Nilsson Award nominating committee chair.

Peres has a master's in instructional technology and a bachelor's in biomedical photographic communications from Rochester Institute of Technology. He also has a bachelor's in biology.

Michael Richardson is an expert in systems engineering related to the definition and development of satellite and airborne remote sensing systems a field in which he has more than 20 years experience.

He has specific experience in the definition and development of advanced remote sensing systems and an understanding of the capabilities and limitations of remote sensing technology.

He is the project manager for the NASA-funded FIRES program, a research and development program focused on advances in the detection and monitoring of wildfires.

Richardson is also the project manager for development of new hyperspectral processing algorithms, a research and development program focused on the development of novel processing techniques for hyperspectral data sets.

Richardson earned his bachelor's in mechanical engineering from Clarkson University (1981).

Carl Salvaggio is an expert on digital image processing, remote sensing, ground truth data collection, spectral signatures, optical properties measurement, simulation and modeling, and computer programming.

He teaches courses in spatial and frequency domain-based digital image processing, multispectral and hyperspectral data analysis, IDL programming, and applied computing and research techniques.

Salvaggio is researching protocol development for field spectral signature collection, automated image registration techniques, selective image degradation, small target radiometry recovery, and remote sensing system modeling.

He has a Ph.D. in Environmental Resource Engineering from State University of New York, Syracuse, Environmental Science and Forestry; and a master's and bachelor's in imaging science from Rochester Institute of Technology.

His expertise includes the collection of optical properties of materials related to remote sensing collection systems; including spectral reflectance, emissivity, bidirectional reflectance distribution functions as well as the design and implementation of digital image processing algorithms for the exploitation of remotely sensed data.

John Schott specializes in remote sensing of the earth from aircraft and spacecraft. He heads the Digital Imaging and Remote Sensing group at RIT. His particular expertise is in the areas of hyperspectral and thermal infrared sensing and synthetic scene simulation and modeling.

Schott has published more than 100 technical publications in the field of remote sensing and wrote the textbook, Remote Sensing: The Image Chain Approach, Oxford University Press (1997).

He is the principle investigator on a wide range of programs for the civil and defense / intelligence community. His research work focuses on developing new remote sensing techniques and applying techniques to solve customer problems.

Schott received his bachelor's in physics and sociology from Canisius College and his master's and Ph.D. degrees from State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

Anthony Vodacek is an expert in optical sensing of the earth environment. He has expertise in environmental applications of remote sensing, aquatic optics, remote sensing of water quality and water depth, remote detection and monitoring of fire, the use of lasers for remote sensing of the environment and hyperspectral imaging.

Vodacek has authored more than 19 peer-reviewed journal articles. He is the principal investigator for over million in externally funded research grants and is an instructor and advisor at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

He earned his bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1981) and his master's (1985) and Ph.D. (1990) in environmental engineering from Cornell University.