Dr Sumeer Singh graduated with a Bachelor of Optometry in 2014 and Master of Philosophy in Optometry in 2016, from Elite School of Optometry, Chennai, India. He moved to Melbourne in 2017, to pursue his PhD in the Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences, The University of Melbourne. His PhD work addressed a critical clinical evidence gap relating to the potential effect of blue-light-filtering spectacle lenses on visual function. He has authored 28 peer-reviewed, international research publications, with several of these papers being in the highest-ranked ophthalmology and vision science journals.

Currently, Dr Singh is working as a Postdoctoral clinical research fellow in A/Prof Laura Downie’s laboratory, at the Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences, The University of Melbourne. A major part of his postdoctoral fellowship focuses on the development of a novel, one-step, point-of-care device for rapid and accurate dry eye diagnosis: ADMiER - Acoustically-Driven Microfluidic Extensional Rheometry. He also contributes as a Sub-Investigator and study site member on multiple industry-sponsored Phase I and II clinical trials investigating new devices and therapeutics for anterior eye disease. His broader research interests include blue light and ocular health, ocular imaging, translational research, and evidence-based practice.

Dr Singh served as a sub-committee member for Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society's global Workshop entitled “A Lifestyle Epidemic: Ocular Surface Disease”. He is also member of the Melbourne Cochrane Eyes and Vision Centre for Evidence-Based Vision Care - one of nine centres globally.