Fansheng Cheng received his B.E. degree in Optoelectronic Information Engineering from Shandong University, Shandong, China, in 2002, and completed his Ph.D. degree in Physical Electronics at the Shanghai Institute of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, in 2007. He is currently a research professor at the Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study in University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is responsible for the research and development of the infrared staring camera. His research interests include intelligent, infrared photoelectric, autonomous system, high time sensitivity, polarization remote sensing and space-based infrared limit detection overall technology.