Professor Susana Marcos 


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Principal Investigator

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​Susana Marcos is Professor of Research and Director of the Visual Optics and Biophotonics Lab at the Instituto de Optica (CSIC). She carried out her predoctoral research at IO-CSIC, in the field of physiological optics, and a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard University. Prof. Marcos has been Director of IO-CSIC (2008-2012), Chair in different committees in scientific societies (Sociedad Española de Óptica, Association for Research in Vision Science and Ophthalmology, Optical Society of America), elected Director-at-Large of the Optical Society of America (2012-2015) and, currently, an Associate Editor in “Optica”, Faculty in Madrid MIT M+Vision Consortium, Member of the Real Sociedad Española de Física and Vicepresident of the Scientific Advisory Board Spanish Research Agency. She is the co-founder of 2EyesVision, a CSIC spin-off company. Major contributions include the development of Ocular Speckle Interferometry, Wavefront Sensing, Adaptive Optics, Quantiative Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography, intraocular lenses, and keratoconus and presbyopia treatment, among others. Her work has been recognized with numerous prestigious awards, including the Adolph Lomb Medal (OSA), the European Young Investigator Award (EURHORCs-ESF), the ICO Prize, Honoris Causa Doctorship by the Ukraine Academy of Science and Technology,  Physics, Innovation and Technology Award (RSEF-Fundacion BBVA), Alcon Research Institute Award, Rey Jaime I Award and Ramon y Cajal Medal (Royal Academy of Sciences).
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Fernando Zvietcovich


​Postdoctoral Researcher

Fernando Zvietcovich, BSc in Electrical Engineering, MSc in Digital Image and Signal Processing (Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru), and PhD in Electrical Engineering (University of Rochester, NY, USA), has joined the VioBio Lab within the framework of the H2020 IMCUSTOMEYE project. Fernando’s research includes novel wave-based optical coherence elastography methods in soft tissues for the diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of diseases in clinical environments. He also has extensive experience in image processing, numerical modeling and sample preparation and characterization in the field of biophotonics. Fernando was the past holder of the 2020 SPIE-Franz Hillenkamp Postdoctoral Fellowship in Problem-Driven Biomedical Optics and Analytics.

Judith Birkenfeld



Postdoctoral Researcher

​​Judith’s background is in Physics (MSc, Heidelberg University) and Visual Optics and Biophotonics (PhD Universidad Complutense de Madrid), having graduated under the supervision of Prof. Susana Marcos. She completed an MSc in medical physics with a focus in radiotherapy and biomedical optics from Heidelberg University in collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School and second MSc in Physics from Heidelberg University in collaboration with the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.  She joins back VioBio Lab (Instituto de Optica, CSIC) after M+Vision Postdoctoral Fellowship work at MIT, Brigham Women Hospital and Mass General Hospital working on translational projects in biomedicine. Her interests are in the area of ocular imaging (OCT and microscopy) and applications to ocular biomechanics.

Nohelia Morales


​Project Manager

Nohelia Morales holds a Degree in Translation and Interpreting and Postgraduate Degree in French Studies. She has a large experience in managing EU projects and deep knowledge of the project cycle management. Nohelia worked at the Executive Agency Education, Audiovisual and Culture (EACEA) of the European Commission in Brussels as project officer, having also worked at the consulting company Consulta Europa, at the Spanish Ministry of Health and at the Bank of New York Mellon.