Ieva Sliesoraityte MD, PhD

Dr. Ieva Sliesoraityte, MD Ph.D. upon the completion of her studies in electrical engineering and medicine, qualifying as a certified ophthalmologist, defended her Ph.D. thesis in technical sciences. Since 2009, she has been working as a senior scientist at the Institute for Ophthalmic Research, supervised doctoral students, and has been teaching at the School of Neural & Behavioural Sciences, International Max Planck Research School in Tuebingen, Germany. Dr. Sliesoraitytė serves as a reviewer for multiple scientific journals, such as Molecular Vision, the British Journal of Ophthalmology, IEEE PECON, IEEE ISIEA, and others. Dr. Sliesoraityte received many distinguished international scientific prizes and has been awarded by the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences twice. In 2010, she was an invitee to the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting.

Ieva’s latest achievement is the European Union grant for a Eur-USH project based at the Institute of Vision in Paris, France where she resides since 2012. With a key research focus on rare diseases, Ieva is ambitious about establishing the largest Europe-wide database and assessing cures for blindness. It is expected that biosensors will be extremely successful and will dominate the market for the elderly population. Biosensors are anticipated to find applications in diverse areas, not only in biological structures but also in various industrial fields.