Abhranil Das

Abhranil Das is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin with interdisciplinary expertise in computational neuroscience, vision science, and the intersection of psychedelics with psychology. He holds a PhD in Physics and Neuroscience from UT Austin and explores topics ranging from human perception to transpersonal psychology through both academic research and personal reflection.

• Education: PhD in Physics/Neuroscience from University of Texas at Austin
• Current Role: Postdoctoral Fellow at UT Austin

His research interests span computational modeling of human vision, camouflage detection mechanisms, and psychedelic-assisted therapy, with a focus on interdisciplinary connections between physics, neuroscience, and cognitive science. He also maintains a blog (One Life) where he discusses transpersonal psychology, climate anxiety, and personal philosophical reflections.

Recent publications highlight his work on Bayesian models of visual perception, self-supervised learning in texture discrimination, and statistical methods for signal classification. Das is affiliated with the Center for Psychedelic Research and Therapy at UT Austin and explores the energetic and transpersonal aspects of consciousness in both scientific and anecdotal contexts.