Karthikeyan Baskaran

About

Karthikeyan Baskaran is a lecturer in the department of medicine and optometry at Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden. He completed his postdoctoral training at Indiana University School of Optometry in Bloomington and his research interest focuses on the areas of low vision rehabilitation and retinal imaging. He completed his doctorate degree under the supervision of Dr. Jorgen Gustafsson and defended his thesis entitled "Optimal Use of Peripheral Vision" at Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden. He earned his bachelor’s degree in optometry from Elite School of Optometry, in Chennai, India.

Employment

• Linnaeus University Associate Professor
  2025 - Present
• Linnéuniversitet Senior Lecturer
  2014 - 2024
• Indiana University Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  2013 - 2014
• Linnaeus University Adjunct
  2013 - 2013
• Sankara Nethralaya Optometrist
  2004 - 2006

Education

• Linnaeus University PhD in Biomedical Sciences
  2009 - 2013
• Elite School of Optometry B.S. Optometry
  2000 - 2004

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (40)

• Factors predicting myopia incidence in China and Europe
  Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics 2025 DOI: 10.1111/opo.13563
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• From practice to progress: vision research in Scandinavia
  Scandinavian Journal of Optometry and Visual Science 2025 DOI: 10.15626/sjovs.v18i1.4874
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• Perceived stress levels among patients treated for neovascular age-related macular degeneration with anti-VEGF injections
  Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology 2025 DOI: 10.1007/s00417-025-06883-w
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• Age, gender and regional/ethnic variations in emmetropic axial growth rate
  Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics 2025 DOI: 10.1111/opo.13545
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• Wrap-up of 2024 with eyes focused on 2025!
  Scandinavian Journal of Optometry and Visual Science 2024 DOI: 10.15626/sjovs.v17i2.4684
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• Incidence of myopia in Swedish schoolchildren: A longitudinal study
  Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics 2024 DOI: 10.1111/opo.13359
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• The Future of Eye Care
  Scandinavian Journal of Optometry and Visual Science 2023 DOI: 10.15626/sjovs.v16i2.4132
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• Reading performance in Portuguese children from second to tenth grade with the MNREAD reading acuity test
  Journal of Optometry 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.optom.2023.05.003
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• Comparison of an open view autorefractor with an open view aberrometer in determining peripheral refraction in children
  Journal of Optometry 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.optom.2021.12.002
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• The effect of intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cell (ipRGC) stimulation on axial length changes to imposed optical defocus in young adults
  Journal of Optometry 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.optom.2022.04.002
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