Abinaya Priya Venkataraman

• 2023: Docent/Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet
• 2023: Assistant program director, Optometry program, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet (2023)
• 2019-2023: Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet
• 2017-2019: Lecturer, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet
• 2012-2016: PhD in Biological Physics, KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
• 2008-2011: Lecturer in Optometry, Elite School of Optometry, India
• 2008-2011: Consultant Optometrist, Sankara Nethrlay, Medical Research Foundation, India
• 2006-2008: M.Phil in Optometry, Elite School of Optometry, India
• 2002-2006: B.S in Optometry, Elite School of Optometry, India

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 (Bachelors) and 2024 (Masters) . 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. 

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.