Roberto Daniel Lozano

Background

Lozano, Roberto Daniel was born on November 27, 1934 in Buenos Aires. Son of Luis Roberto and Luisa Daniela (Izquierdo).

Education

Degree in mechanics, E.I. Otto Krause, Buenos Aires. Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, Centro de Altos Estudios en Ciencias Exactas, Buenos Aires (1970). Degree in computer science, Centro de Altos Estudios en Ciencias Exactas, Buenos Aires (1972). Master of Arts in Applied Mathematics, Centro de Altos Estudios en Ciencias Exactas, Buenos Aires (1972).

Career

Head quality control, Gilera S.A., Buenos Aires (1956-1957); quality control officer, Alpargatas S.A., Buenos Aires, (1957-1960); scientist and technician, Instituto Antartico Argentino, Antarctica (1960-1963); research junior officer, National Institute of Industrial Technology, Buenos Aires (1963-1967); research senior officer, National Institute of Industrial Technology, Buenos Aires (1967-1971); head of the Optical Division, National Institute of Industrial Technology, Buenos Aires (1971-1987); head of the Physics Department, National Institute of Industrial Technology, Buenos Aires (1987-1998); private consultant, Consultora Color Internacional, Buenos Aires, 1989-2000, and Tecnologia del Color (2000-2018).

Achievements

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  In 2001, at the 9th Congress of the International Color Association in Rochester, USA, he received the Deane B. Judd Award, the highest international award for research in color science and technology given by the AIC.
  
  Listed as a noteworthy color consultant by Marquis Who's Who.
  
  Honorary member of the Argentine Color Group, named in 1996.
  
  Member of the Executive Committee of the International Color Association (1986-1989).
  
  President of the Buenos Aires branch of the Argentine Association of Lighting Technology, AADL (1967-1969).
  
  President of the Committee of Colorimetry, at the Instituto Argentino de Racionalización de Materiales, IRAM (1967-1979).

Works

• articles

  • The additivity of large-field colour matching, with D. A. Palmer, Vision Research 7 (11/12). 1967
  • Large-field color matching and adaptation (I), with D. A. Palmer, Journal of the Optical Society of America 58 (12). 1968
  • Large-field color matching and adaptation (II), with D. A. Palmer, Journal of the Optical Society of America 59 (4).
  • Measurement standards for retro-reflective materials used in road signs, Lighting Research & Technology 8 (2). 1976
  • Evaluation of different color-difference formulae by means of an experiment on color scaling: preliminary report, Color Research and Application 2 (1). 1976
  • Diferencias de color, Investigación y Ciencia (Scientific American) 39. 1979
  • Evaluation of different color-difference formulae by means of an experiment on color scaling: final report, Color Research and Application 5 (1). 1980
  • The visibility, colour and measurement requirements of road signs, Lighting Research & Technology 12 (4). 1980
  • A new approach to appearance characterization, Color Research and Application 31 (3). 2006

• books

  • El color y su medición (Buenos Aires: Americalee, 1978), 640 pp.

    1978

  • La apariencia visual y su medición (Buenos Aires: Grupo Argentino del Color, 2015), 191 pp.

    2015

Membership

Member of Association International Color (D.B. Judd award 2001), Grupo Argentino de Color (president 1980-1992, honorary member since 1996), Color Group, Inter-Society Color Council, Optical Society of America.

Connections

Married Noemi Katseff. 1 child, Daniela Noemí. 1 child by previous marriage, Claudio Alejandro.

Father:

Luis Roberto Lozano

Mother:

Luisa Daniela (Izquierdo) Lozano

Spouse:

Noemi Katseff

child:

Daniela Noemí Lozano

References

• "In Memoriam, Roberto Daniel Lozano (1934-2018)", in AIC 2018 Annual Review 32, p. 91.
  2018
• "2001 AIC Judd Award Recipient - Lic. Roberto Daniel Lozano". AIC Newsletter 15, p. 16-17.
  2001
• "Citation for 2001 Deane B. Judd - AIC Award", in AIC 2001, Proceedings 9th Congress. Proc. SPIE 4421, xlv-xlviii.
  2001
• “Book reviews: El color y su medición”. Color Research and Application 4 (4), 235.
  1979