Dr. János Schanda
Dr. János Schanda is Professor Emeritus at the University of Pannonia, Hungary. Since retirement he is Professor Emeritus and heads at present the “Virtual Environment and Imaging Technologies Laboratory”.
He graduated in physics at the Loránd Eötvös University in Budapest.
He worked for the International Commission on Illumination (CIE). From July 2007 on he is the Vice President Technical of the Commission.
Dr. Schanda is member of the Optical Society of America, of The Society for Imaging Science and Technology and of several Hungarian Societies in the fields of light and lighting and optical measurements. He served also on the Board of the International Colour Association (AIC) as its vice-president.
He is on the editorial / international advisory board of Color Res. & Appl., USA, Lighting Research & Technology, UK, Light & Engineering, Russia and Journal of Light & Visual Environment, Japan. He is the 2010 recipient of the Newton Medal of the British Colour Group.