Biography
Stephen Eikenberry completed his Ph.D in Astronomy at Harvard University in 1997 under Dr. Giovanni Fazio, and from there moved to the Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Prize Fellowship in Physics at Caltech. He was an Assistant Professor (1998) and then tenured Associate Professor (2002) in Astronomy at Cornell University, where he also won an NSF CAREER award in 2000. In 2003, Eikenberry left Cornell to become a Professor of Astronomy (and in 2012, Professor of Physics) at the University of Florida, where he remained until joining CREOL in 2021.Awards & Honors
- 2020 Undergraduate Teacher of the Year,
College of Liberal Arts & Science, University of Florida - 2009-2012, 2017-2020 University of Florida Research Foundation Professorship,
University of Florida - 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics,
Co-winner as member of the LIGO Science Consortium - 2016 Gruber Prize for Cosmology,
Co-winner as member of the LIGO Science Consortium - 2016 UK Royal Astronomical Society Team Achievement Award,
Co-winner as member of the LIGO Science Consortium - 2010 Grupo Santander Distinguished Visiting Professor in Physics,
Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain) - 2008 Colonel Allan R. and Margaret G. Crow Term Professorship,
University of Florida - 2000-2005 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award,
National Science Foundation - 1997 Sherman H. Fairchild Postdoctoral Prize Fellowship in Physics,
California Institute of Technology - 1997 Fireman Award for Graduate Student Research in Astrophysics,
Harvard University - 1996 Derek Bok Award for Excellence in Science Teaching,
Harvard University - 1994-1997 NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program Fellowship,
Harvard University
Research Group
My research focuses on studying black holes, neutron stars, and the massive stars that make them – as well as Dark Energy, gravitational waves, and extrasolar planets. I also design and build astronomical instruments (primarily infrared and optical) to carry out these observations, with related applications in biomedical imaging and spectroscopy.EMPTY api-answer: No JSON received - is the API down? Check the URL you use in the shortcode!
Publications
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