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Principal Investigator
Madhusudhanan Balasubramanian, Ph.D. is the Director and Principal Investigator of the Computational Ocularscience laboratory. Currently, Dr. Balasubramanian serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering with a secondary appointment in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Memphis. Previously, from July 2011 to August 2013, he was Assistant Project Scientist in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of California, San Diego .
His current research interests include studying the structure of the optic nerve head in normal eyes and eyes with progression of glaucoma; aqueous humor dynamics; biosolid, biofluid and their interaction dynamics; and computational science and engineering.
He received the Diploma in electrical and electronics engineering from Muthiah Polytechnic, Annamalai Nagar, India, in 1995; the B.E. degree in electrical and electronics engineering from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India, in 1998; the M.S. degree in systems science and the Ph.D. degree in computer science from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, in 2003 and 2006, respectively; and Postgraduate Medical Study and Fellowship in Glaucoma Research from the University of California San Diego, La Jolla in June 2011.
Dr. Balasubramanian in an active reviewer of the following research journals: IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, International Journal of Ophthalmology, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, Journal of Electronic Imaging, Journal of Glaucoma, Optometry & Vision Science, and PLoS One. He is an Expert Board Member of the International Journal of Ophthalmology.
Dr. Balasubramanian is member of the following professional societies: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM; since 2004); Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO; since 2003); Imaging and Perimetry Society (IPS; since 2009); Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE; since 2003); and Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE; since 2004).
Selected Academic Awards
- NIH/NEI K99/R00 Pathway to Independence award recipient in 2011
- Imaging and Perimetry Society–Heidelberg Engineering Young Researchers Award on “Relationship of Morphology and Function” in 2010
- PSG College of Technology Alumni Award for the best Bachelor of Engineering project in Electrical and Electronics Engineering in 1998
- Ranked second overall in a 3-year Diploma in Electrical and Electronics Engineering among ~300 polytechnic schools in the state of Tamilnadu, India in 1995