Dr. Maria Notara is an Associate Principal Investigator of the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Cologne. She completed her PhD studies at the University of Nottingham in 2005, which was followed by postdoctoral research at the Institute of Ophthalmology (2005–2010), the Department of Surgery (2010–2012), and the Institute of Healthy Ageing (2012–2013) at University College London. She has 42 publications with 1321 citations and an h-index of 19 (Scopus, 25 December 2023). Her research interests include stem cells, (lymph) angiogenesis, UV irradiation, and DNA damage.