Paola Iacomussi

Paola Iacomussi is a senior researcher at INRIM, the Italian National Metrological Institute, in the Department of Applied Metrology and Engineering, and a lecturer at the University of Turin.

She started her research activity at the Research Centre of FCA (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles) and then moved to the National Metrological Institute, where she worked on photometry and colorimetry of materials and sources (also for road applications), performance characterisation of road lighting and digital camera. She has developed measurement instruments for third parties, such as a mobile laboratory for the characterisation of road lighting systems.

She has successfully coordinated several international and national research projects, including the EU-funded SURFACE (Road Surface Characterisation for Smart Lighting) project. She is currently coordinating the CIE group for the development of a non-biological reference observer for road and automotive applications.