OUR TEAM


Carlos Belmonte M.D. Ph.

Inventor, Co-Founder & Scientific Advisor


Professor UMH, Founder and Director of the Institute of Neurosciences of Alicante; Past President of the International Brain Research Organisation and the International Society for Ocular Research; Member of the Steering Committee of TFOS DEWS II; Royal Academy of Sciences; National Prize for Biomedical Research, Author of more than 150 scientific articles and 20 book chapters.

Juana Gallar M.D. Ph.

Co-Inventor & Scientific Advisor




Professor and researcher at the Neurophysiology Unit of the Instituto de Neurociencias, Universidad Miguel Hernández-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; post-docs at Harvard, UC San Diego. Author of more than 100 publications in experimental ophthalmology.

Diego Belmonte BS. MS.

President & CEO, Co-founder of Tearful, S.L.


American entrepreneur with vast start-up experience, product development, all level team managment, executive board participation, fundraising and investor relations. Graduated from University of California, Santa Barbara (USA).

José L. Bañuls

Independent Advisor.




Expert in accompanying new projects related to the medical and technological fields. Extensive experience in developing and supporting companies worldwide in their technical and capitalization needs.

Rodrigo Vivas
BS. MS.

Corporate Development Manager of Tearful, S.L.


Expert in M&A and Capital Budgeting in the Life Sciences industry, with extensive experience in valuation, product launches and start-up structuring. Master in Finance from IE University (Madrid).

Mª Luisa Merino
M.D Ph.

Lead Scientific Researcher


Graduated in Medicine at Miguel Hernández University (UMH) and specialized in Ophthalmology at Gregorio Marañón Hospital in Madrid. Actually, director of the Pediatric Ophthalmology Unit in Marina Baixa Hospital of Alicante.