Jean-Marie Parel
BS PhD Ing ETS-G
Professor Parel is Chief Scientific Officer, as well as a Director of Adventus. He is a Research Professor at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute and since 1995 has held the Henri and Flore Lesieur Chair in Ophthalmology at the University of Miami, Florida, USA, as well as a secondary appointment in the Department of Biomedical Engineering since 1994. He is also Professeur Visiteur (Honorary Faculty) of the Université de Liège School of Medicine, Belgium since 1998 and Honorary Faculty, Universités de Paris, France since 1994.

Professor Smith is a Director of Adventus Technology Inc and has been Professor at the University of Houston (UH), USA, since 1988. He has served as the Chair of the Basic Sciences Department (1990-2001) and as the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research (2001-2003) at UH. Professor Smith has held the distinguished Greeman-Petty Professorship in Vision Development since 1987 and has been Dean of UH College of Optometry since 2003.