Our team members

Restore Vision joins 10 international academic, research and industrial partners and is led by Professor Ritter at University of Galway. The team brings together all necessary expertise, networks and infrastructure to ensure the products taken to market are acceptable for clinicians and patients while remaining commercially viable.

Prof Thomas Ritter, Project Coordinator

Professor of Medicine, University of Galway

Prof. Neil Lagali

Professor, Experimental Ophthalmology – Linköping University

Dr. Petros Moustardas

Principal Research Engineer, Eye Clinic – Linköping University

Dr. Giulio Ferrari

Ophtalmologist – Ospedale San Raffaele

Juana Gallar, MD, PhD

Professor of Physiology – Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche

Francine Behar-Cohen

Professor in ophthalmology at Cochin Hospital AP-HP Paris and team leader “physiolopathology of ocular diseases: therapeutic innivations” at the Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Paris

Dominique Bremond-Gignac, MD, PhD, FEBO.

Head of Ophthalmology Department – University Hospital Necker enfants malades and affiliated INSERM UMRS 1138, Team 17 Research Unit

Univ. Prof. Dr. med. Claus Cursiefen, FEBO, FARVO

Principal Investigator, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cologne

Jens Kastrup, Professor, MD, DMSc, FESC

Founder and CEO – Cell2Cure

Carolina Vieira – Catalyze

Barbara Poli

President of Aniridia Europe

Ivana Kildsgaard

Member of the Board of Aniridia Europe, Chairwoman of Aniridia Sweden

Sophie Momège

Founder and CEO – Laboratoires KÔL

Rudy Marteau

Director Business Development and Industrial Operations – Laboratoires KÔL

Stella Pielage

Project Manager – Catalyze

Prof Abhay Pandit

Established Professor and Scientific Director

Ava Dashti

Research Assistant – Linköping University

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Felix Bock

Deputy Principal Investigator, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cologne

Dr. Grace Davey

EU Programme manager, University of Galway

Dr. Manon Jammes

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Ritter Group, University of Galway

Dr. Mert Mestanoglu

Study Physician, Department of Experimental Ophthalmology, University of Cologne

Dr. Wei Zhang

Postdoctoral fellow Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cologne

Claudia Bock

Project Manager, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cologne

Mari Carmen Acosta

Professor – Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche

Giuseppe Suanno, MSC

Researcher – Ospedale San Raffaele

Philippe Fonteyne

Lab technician – Ospedale San Raffaele

Trung Bach

PhD Student, University of Galway

Abbas Tabasi

PhD Student, University of Galway

Raquel Gregorio Arribada

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Daniela Rodrigues Braz

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

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