US citizen leads photonics research at sanctioned Chinese university

By PulseAugur Editorial · [1 sources] · 2026-10-07 13:00

Arup Neogi, an India-born US citizen, is leading research in photonics at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC). His team is investigating the interplay between light and sound. UESTC has been on the US Entity List since 2012 due to its alleged ties to the China Academy of Engineering Physics, which was previously sanctioned for its involvement in China's nuclear program. AI

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SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Shi Huang · 2026-10-07 13:00

India-born US citizen drives research into light at sanctioned Chinese school

“Science has no borders,” Arup Neogi, an India-born scientist who works at a US-sanctioned university, told Chinese state media. Neogi’s speciality is photonics, the study of generating, controlling and detecting light. At the University of Electronic Science and Technology of Ch…