Paula C. Acuna Roncancio obtained her master degree on Electrical Engineering from the National University of Colombia. In 2011 she joined the Light and Lighting Laboratory – associated to the KU Leuven – as doctoral researcher on physical modelling of phosphors for general lighting. After defending her doctoral thesis, she joined the architectural lighting company Delta Light, where she has worked as optical designer in the R&D division. Next to her contributions in the lighting industry, she has also worked for the energy sector from the University of Applied Sciences HOWEST, on the application of AI methods to the forecasting and optimization of energy systems.