Claudia Florida Costea was born in 1977. In 2003, she was awarded the degree of Medical Doctor of General Medicine by “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iași, Romania. In 2005, she became resident Medical Doctor in Ophthalmology at “Prof.Dr.Nicolae Oblu” Clinical Emergency Hospital of Iași, Romania. In 2005, she became Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iași, Romania. In 2018, she became Senior Lecturer, MD, PhD, of Ophthalmology at “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iași, Romania, position acquired by competition. In 2020, she became Associate professor, MD, PhD, of Ophthalmology at “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iași, Romania, position acquired by competition. Conducting courses and practical works for students enrolled in programs taught in Romanian, English and French Scientific research activity. In 2022, she became Professor, MD, PhD, of Ophthalmology at “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iași, Romania, position acquired by competition.

 Since 2018 till in the present she has been Senior ophthalmologist at “Prof.Dr.Nicolae Oblu” Clinical Emergency Hospital of Iași, Romania.
 She was also awarded the degree of PhD of Medicine by “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iași, Romania. Here are her areas of research expertise: eye and orbital tumors, ocular-orbital injuries, neuro-ophthalmology, and anterior eye segment surgery. She has published 445 scientific papers.
 She is reviewer for 8 international scientific journals and Editorial board member of 9 international scientific journals.

Research Interest: Eye and orbit (eye socket) tumors, anterior segment pathology, neuro-ophthalmology.

Research Interest: His research influenced the market withdrawal of two general anesthetics, a warning label for a pharmaceutical agent whose inappropriate use resulted in blindness, and a Consumer Products Safety Commission-mandated warning label.

Research Interest: Nterdependence between EGF Receptor Elicited Calcium and PH Transients in Rabbit; Corneal Epithelial Cells.

Research Interest: Neuropeptide research in the eye.

Research Interest:Glaucoma Optic nerve head imaging Neuroimaging Optical coherence tomography

Neuroprotection

Research Interest: BILATERAL EXUDATIVE RETINAL DETACHMENT AND CHOROIDAL ISCHEMIA AND ASSOCIATED WITH HELLP SYNDROME

Research Interest: Areas of Expertise: Toxicology, Immunology, Genetics

Research Interest: Research interest:  cataract femtolaser surgery, and corneal surgery, refractive surgery.

Research Interest: Retina, Ocular Oncology, Pediatric Ophthalmology, Neuro-ophthalmology.

Research Interest: Veterinary ophthalmology, cataract surgery, glaucoma, electroretinography

Dr. Xia received a PhD degree in clinical medicine from Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China in 2013. Following her doctoral studies, she undertook residency training and was subsequently appointed as an attending doctor in Ophthalmology at Wuhan Union Hospital, China, in 2016.In 2017, she started her 4-year postdoctoral training in Ophthalmology at University of Texas Medical Branch. Her dedication and contributions in the field were recognized when she was promoted to the position of instructor in 2021 and further promoted to assistant professor in 2023. Dr. Xia’s research interests include glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, aging-related neurodegeneration and more.

 Research Interest: Glucoma, diabetic retinopathy, Alzheimer's disease in eyes, retinal ganglion cell

Research Interest: Her scientific research focuses on the development of novel diagnostic techniques, e.g., retinal imaging and novel treatment strategies such as intravitreal pharmacotherapy. She has founded the Vienna Study Center (VSC) which serves as the principal site for multi-center clinical trials and the Vienna Reading Center (VRC), an independent institution for digital imaging performing image analysis for over 140 clinical sites world-wide.

Research Interest: Regenerative medicine with cells and tissues by the Belgian Association for Bioindustries.