Albert Brault
American chemist and inventor
Albert Thomas Brault (born May 24, 1937) is an American chemist who invented the fabrication process used for the first integral color image sensors. The curator of the Technology Collection at the George Eastman Museum, Todd Gustavson, has stated that "the color sensor technology developed by Albert Brault has revolutionized all forms of color photography. These color sensors are now ubiquitous in products such as smart phone cameras, digital cameras and camcorders, digital cinema cameras, medical cameras, automobile cameras, and drones".
Early life and education
Brault was born in Barton, Vermont, the son of Innocence Elizabeth and Maurice Albert Brault. He attended Cathedral High School in Springfield, Massachusetts. He distinguished himself by graduating magna cum laude from Saint Michaels College in Winooski, Vermont in 1959, and received a PhD in Physical Chemistry from Northwestern University in 1964.
Early career
Brault was hired directly into the Kodak Research Laboratories (KRL) after receiving his PhD in 1964, and primarily focused on innovations in color photography. After 10 years of research in conventional imaging systems, Brault transferred to the Physics Division of KRL in 1973, which was focused on solid state devices and image processing. This move was motivated by his perception that the most innovative science was being done at the overlapping interface of scientific fields.
Integral color image sensors
Soon after joining the Physics Division, Brault was introduced to KRL physicist Peter L. P. Dillon.
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