Dr. Debarun Dutta is a tenured lecturer at the Optometry School, College of Health and Life Sciences, at the Aston University, Birmingham, UK. In this balanced academic role, he is responsible for both excellence in research and teaching at the Optometry School. He is involved in didactic and pre-clinical face-to-face training for optometry students in areas focused on contact lenses, drye eye and optometric clinical practice. Dr. Dutta is also involved in translational research in the area of contact lenses, dry eye, ocular infections, and antimicrobial strategies, including supervision for higher degree research students.