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 Roy Berns
Richard S. Hunter Professor of Color Science, Appearance and Technology

Fields of Expertise:
Imaging & Media > Imaging Science
Science > Color Science

Dept/Division: Center for Imaging Science, College of Science
E-Mail: berns@cis.rit.edu
News Contact: Susan Gawlowicz, smguns@rit.edu, 585-475-5061
Website: http://www.cis.rit.edu/people/faculty/berns/


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.