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Infrared Cameras: Breaking the Wall of Human Vision

Anwesh Bhattacharya

Emerging Talents Global Call Winner

Innovative materials called complex scattering media allow us to see objects even when hidden behind obstacles. Anwesh Bhattacharya is developing a new infrared camera that can break our invisibility for heat vision.

Anwesh Bhattacharya

Institut Langevin, ESPCI-PSL Paris

Anwesh Bhattacharya is an EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie doctoral fellow in UPtoPARIS, Institut Langevin, ESPCI-PSL Paris, where he works on infrared imaging using complex media. Anwesh was an undergraduate Govt. of India DST-INSPIRE Fellow and DAE-NIUS scholar at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, and a Charpak fellow at the Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS Paris, during his Master’s thesis research on ultracold atoms. He is deeply passionate about theatre and science outreach, and is a 2019 Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting alumnus & student member of SPIE, SFP and SFO.

Infrared, Imaging, Vision, Wave Physics, Complex Media