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Dr Maria Luisa Rastello from INRIM (Italy) was elected as EURAMET Vice-Chairperson (GA) at the General Assembly held in Oslo,Norway in May 2016. "On behalf of EURAMET I would like to congratulate Maria Luisa on her election. My colleagues and I at the Board of Directors wish her all the best for her new role", said Beat Jeckelmann, EURAMET Chairperson, when announcing the results of the election.

Maria Luisa joined INRIM, the Italian National Metrology Institute, in 1979 where she started working in photometry and radiometry. Maria Luisa pioneered the metrology for Quantum Communications by weak laser beams and the photon counting techniques for absolute radiometry. Additionally, she introduced the concept of photon-number resolving detectors for space applications and contributed to its realisation. In 2001 Maria Luisa became Head of the Department of Photometry and Radiometry. Six years later she took over the Division of Optics and since 2014, has been the Scientific Director of INRIM.

Maria Luisa has been part of the EURAMET community for more than 15 years, starting as Contact Person and later as Chair for EUROMET's Technical Committee for Photometry and Radiometry. Meanwhile she is the Italian Delegate for EURAMET (since 2010) and in 2013 she took over responsibility for the whole association by joining the Board of Directors. Maria Luisa is deeply involved in EURAMET's research programmes (EMRP and EMPIR) as coordinator of several EMRP joint research projects and as EMPIR Committee Deputy. On an international level Maria Luisa is also well experienced thanks to various roles such as peer reviewer and visiting professor.

Get to know Maria Luisa and her goals as Vice-Chairperson (GA) in our interview with her >>