{"id":737,"date":"2023-01-02T20:38:15","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T20:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/?page_id=737"},"modified":"2023-01-06T13:34:47","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T13:34:47","slug":"stephen-eikenberry-personal-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/stephen-eikenberry-personal-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Eikenberry Personal Page"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"737\" class=\"elementor elementor-737\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5a079f1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5a079f1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column 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href=\"https:\/\/www.creol.ucf.edu\/fol\/?_gl=1%2A3ig3qr%2A_ga%2AMjMzMjY0NDAuMTY3MjI0NjcyNg..%2A_ga_MNPTZL4JTN%2AMTY3MjI2OTQ4OC4zLjEuMTY3MjI2OTc3NS4wLjAuMA..\" class='uael-sub-menu-item'>Fiber Microdevices<\/a><\/li><li class=\"menu-item child menu-item-has-children elementor-repeater elementor-repeater-item-6303eb0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ipes.creol.ucf.edu\/?_gl=1*xsvldl*_ga*MjMzMjY0NDAuMTY3MjI0NjcyNg..*_ga_MNPTZL4JTN*MTY3MjI2OTQ4OC4zLjEuMTY3MjI2OTU4Ni4wLjAuMA..\" class='uael-sub-menu-item'>Integrated Photonics<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b0c44e9 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-items-stretch elementor-section-content-middle elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-reverse-tablet elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b0c44e9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4e9b09fb\" data-id=\"4e9b09fb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b569cb6 animated-fast elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3b569cb6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Stephen Eikenberry, PhD<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a356af3 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1a356af3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Professor of Applied Optics \/ \nProfessor of Physics<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ccdaf0c elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ccdaf0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Stephen Eikenberry<\/strong> is currently a professor of applied optics in the College of Optics and Photonics (CREOL) and a professor of physics in the Physics Department at the University of Central Florida. He is a co-founder of the CREOL Astrophotonics program.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c26efe1 elementor-button-info elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"c26efe1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/01\/eikenberry_cv_jan2023.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Full CV<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-246326e elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"246326e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/eikenberry-group-alumni\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Eikenberry Group Alumni List<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b603e73\" data-id=\"b603e73\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc7b2ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dc7b2ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/01\/20221126_131825-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-759\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/01\/20221126_131825-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/01\/20221126_131825-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/01\/20221126_131825-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/01\/20221126_131825-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/01\/20221126_131825-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4a2e1e8e elementor-section-items-stretch elementor-section-content-bottom elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4a2e1e8e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" id=\"credentials\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-33c2861c\" data-id=\"33c2861c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d2ec7f2 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7d2ec7f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_mobile&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Professional Credentials<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-1084203c elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1084203c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-33b8528 animated-fast elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"33b8528\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;animation_mobile&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3062ead5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3062ead5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Research Interests<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5483094a elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5483094a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75ab4bd elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"75ab4bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>My research focuses on studying black holes, neutron stars, Dark Energy, gravitational waves, and extrasolar planets. I design and build astronomical instruments (primarily infrared and optical) to carry out these observations, with related applications in remote sensing, space domain awareness, telecoms, and biomedical imaging and spectroscopy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-758714bb animated-fast elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"758714bb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;animation_mobile&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18281a06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"18281a06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">education background<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51e973f5 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"51e973f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bb045a8 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6bb045a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>As an undergraduate, I attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. At MIT, I double-majored in physics and literature, was a member of Delta Upsilon fraternity, played varsity water polo, captained the MIT rugby team, and was a member of the Sigma Pi Sigma physics honor society. My bachelor&#8217;s thesis under Prof. David Staelin was on planetary radio emission. I graduated from MIT with two bachelor&#8217;s degrees in 1990.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li><p>In 1992, I entered graduate school in the Astronomy Department at Harvard University. I worked under Dr. Giovanni Fazio, and completed my doctoral thesis on infrared instrumentation and pulsar studies in 1997.\u00a0<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3f4c550 animated-fast elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"3f4c550\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:&quot;600&quot;,&quot;animation_mobile&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c671340 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7c671340\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Professional Experience<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-345a54b2 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"345a54b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18535d88 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"18535d88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I was the Sherman H. 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In 2003, I became Professor of Astronomy and then Professor of Physics at the University of Florida, before moving to my current position at UCF\/CREOL in 2021.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\/*! elementor &#8211; v3.7.8 &#8211; 02-10-2022 *\/ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=&#8221;.svg&#8221;]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} About Us Overview CREOL Space Photonics Lab CREOL Home Research Projects OPA PAOLA AQUI PQI2 Hyperspectral Microscopy FRIDA MIRADAS Technology Areas Photonic Lanterns PolyOculus Wavefront Sensors Quantum Imaging Flat-top Fibers Team Members Faculty Staff &amp; Postdocs Grad Students Undergrads Related CREOL Groups Fiber [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-737","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=737"}],"version-history":[{"count":46,"href":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1029,"href":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/737\/revisions\/1029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/astrophotonics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}