Abinaya Priya Venkataraman

* Docent/Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet (2023)
* Assistant program director, Optometry program, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet (2023)
* Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet (2019-2023)
* Lecturer, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet (2017-2019)
* PhD in Biological Physics, KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden (2012-2016)
* M.Phil in Optometry (2006-2008)
* B.S in Optometry (2002-2006)

My primary research interests include optics of the eye, visual psychophysics, ocular imaging, and quantitative analysis of the ocular structures. My current research is mainly focused on understanding the structure-function correlates in different ocular pathologies. 

I started teaching in the Optometry program at Karolinska Institute in 2017. Before that I have taught in the Optometry program at Elite school of Optometry in India between 2008-2011 and then during my PhD studies in KTH, Royal institute of Technology between 2012-2016. From 2019, I have been responsible for organizing different courses within the Optometry program at Karolinska Institutet and administer about 4 or 5 courses every year. I have worked extensively in the development of the new study plan in the Optometry program, that had been implemented in 2019. My teaching is mainly focused on the following topics: optics of the eye, visual perception, and ocular imaging and ocular diseases. I have supervised several undergraduate and postgraduate students through their thesis projects. I currently supervise 3 PhD students (1 as main and 2 as co-supervisor). I have formal training in higher education pedagogy and supervision of doctoral students. 

From January 2023, I have been appointed as the study director and assistant program director for the Optometry program at Karolinska Institutet with specific responsibility of the Master programme in clinical optometry.