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Mr Samrat Sarkar

Mr Samrat Sarkar

Post-Doc Fellow
  1. Doctor of Philosophy - 2025 - UNSW
  2. Master of Applied Science (Research) - 2017- Queensland University of Technology
  3. Bachelor of Optometry - 2006 - West Bengal University of Technology

 

 

Medicine & Health
School of Optometry and Vision Science

Dr Samrat Sarkar holds a Bachelor of Optometry degree from West Bengal University of Technology, India, and a Master of Applied Science (Research) degree from the School of Optometry and Vision Science, Queensland University of Technology, Australia. After working in both clinical and research sectors at prestigious eye hospitals in India, Dr Sarkar enrolled in the PhD program at the SOVS, UNSW in 2021 and completed his PhD on Objective measurement of near vision behaviour and light exposure in children with myopia in 2025. Presently, Dr Sarkar is working as a post-doctoral fellow in the myopia research group at the School of Optometry and Vision Science.

E-mail
samrat.sarkar@unsw.edu.au
Location
School of Optometry & Vision Science Level 3, North Wing, Rupert Myers Building Gate 14 Barker Street UNSW Sydney NSW 2052

 

  1. 2025 - Travel grant from the American Academy of Optometry to attend 2025 ARVO annual meeting
  2. 2024 - John N. Schoen Ezell Fellowship from the American Academy of Optometry
  3. 2024 - Travel grant from the American Academy of Optometry to attend the annual meeting
  4. 2024 - Travel grant for International Society for Contact Lens Research (ISCLR) Scientific Symposium
  5. 2024 - Development and Research Training grant from UNSW
  6. 2022 - Dorothy Carlborg Research Award from the Cornea and Contact Lens Society of Australia
  7. 2021 - 2025 - University International Postgraduate Research Award from UNSW
  8. 2015 – 2016 - Queensland University of Technology Postgraduate Research Award

My Teaching

  As a casual academic, I am assisting in practical classes of OPTM 6421 - Binocular Vision, Paediatrics and Low Vision course for undergraduate students.