Biography
Dr. Stephen M. Kuebler received the D.Phil. degree in chemistry from the University of Oxford and the B.S. degree in chemistry and B.A. in German from Tulane University. Dr. Kuebler joined the faculties of CREOL and the Department of Chemistry in August 2003 and was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in May 2008. His research interests include materials and processes for 3D nano- and microfabrication, use of these techniques for creating nanophotonic structures and devices, nonlinear optical materials and photochemistry.
Awards & Honors
- 2014 College of Science Teaching Incentive Program (TIP) Award
- 2009 Promotion and Tenure Approved
- 2009 2008/2009 Teaching Incentive Program (TIP) Award
- 2008 NSF CAREER Award
- 2008 Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, UCF College of Sciences
- 2005 Outstanding Four Year College Teacher Award for 2005
- 1993 NSF Graduate Fellow
- 1991 Marshall Scholar
- 1989 Barry Goldwater Scholar
Research Group
Design, preparation, and characterization of nano-photonic devices and materials; theory, fabrication, and characterization of optics for laser beam shaping.Scientists
Students
Publications
P. Golvari and S.M. Kuebler "Fabrication of Functional Microdevices in SU-8 by Multi-Photon Lithography " Micromachines, 12(5), A. 472 (2021)
C. Xia, S.M. Kuebler, N.P. Martinez, M. Martinez, R.C. Rumpf and J. Touma "Wide-band self-collimation in a low-refractive-index hexagonal lattice" Optics Letters, 46(9), pp. 2228-2231 (2021)
R. Sharma, J.L. Digaum, H. West, C.M. Schwarz and S.M. Kuebler "Gentle method for removing metal and restoring function after scanning electron microscopy" Journal of Micro-Nanopatterning Materials and Metrology - JM3, 20(2), A. 023601 (2021)
J. Beever, S.M. Kuebler and J. Collins "Where ethics is taught: an institutional epidemiology" International Journal of Ethics Education (2021)
H. Cheng, C. Xia, S.M. Kuebler, P. Golvari, M.M. Sun, M. Zhang and X.M. Yu "Generation of Bessel-beam arrays for parallel fabrication in two-photon polymerization" Journal of Laser Applications, 33(1), A. 012040 (2021)
C.M. Schwarz, S.M. Kuebler, C. Rivero-Baleine, B. Triplett, M. Kang, Q. Altemose, C. Blanco, K.A. Richardson, Q.Y. Du, S. Deckoff-Jones, J.J. Hu, Y. Zhang, Y. Pan and C. Ríos "Structurally and morphologically engineered chalcogenide materials for optical and photonic devices" Journal of Optical Microsystems, 1(1), A. 013502 (2021)
H. Cheng, C. Xia, S.M. Kuebler and X. Yu "Aberration correction for SLM-generated Bessel beams propagating through tilted interfaces" Optics Communications, 475, A. 126213 (2020)
H. Cheng, C. Xia, M.M. Sun, M. Zhang, S.M. Kuebler and X. Yu "Micro- and nanofabrication using Bessel-beam activated photopolymerization" Journal of Laser Applications, 32(2) (2020)
C.M. Schwarz, M. Kang, Q. Altemose, K. Raichle, B. Schnable, C. Grabill, J. Rice, M. Truman, C. Pantano, I. Mingareev, L. Sisken, C. Rivero-Baleine, K.A. Richardson and S.M. Kuebler "Processing and properties of novel ZnO–Bi2O3–B2O3 glass-ceramic nanocomposites" Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 820, A. 153173 (2020)
H. Cheng, C. Xia, M. Zhang, S.M. Kuebler, and X. Yu "Fabrication of high-aspect-ratio structures using Bessel-beam-activated photopolymerization" Applied Optics, 58(13), pp. D91-D97 (2019)
C.N. Grabill, D. Freppon, M. Hettinger, and S.M. Kuebler "Nanoscale morphology of electrolessly deposited silver metal" Applied Surface Science, 466, pp. 230-243 (2019)
C.M. Schwarz, C. Grabill, G.D. Richardson, S. Labh, B. Gleason, C. Rivero-Baleine, K.A. Richardson, A. Pogrebnyakov, T.S. Mayer, and S.M. Kuebler "Processing and fabrication of micro-structures by multiphoton lithography in germanium-doped arsenic selenide" Optical Materials Express, 8(7), pp. 1902-1915 (2018)
C.M. Schwarz, C.N. Grabill, G.D. Richardson, S. Labh, A.M. Lewis, A. Vyas, B. Gleason, C. Rivero-Baleine, K.A. Richardson, A. Pogrebnyakov, T. S. Mayer, C. Drake, S.M. Kuebler "Fabrication and characterization of micro-structures created in thermally deposited arsenic trisulfide by multi-photon lithography" J Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, MOEMS, 16(2), 023508-1 - 023508-11 (2017)
H.E. Williams, C. Diaz, G. Padilla, F.E. Hernandez, and S.M. Kuebler "Order of multiphoton excitation of sulfonium photo-acid generators used in photoresists based on SU-8" Journal of Applied Physics, 121(22), 223104 (2017)
T.R. Carvajal, S.M. Kuebler, C.A. Sierra "Synthesis of novel phenylenevinylene linkers with electron-donating substituents by the Heck reaction." Synthetic Metals, 209 pp.183-187 (2015)
R.C. Rumpf, J.J. Pazos, J.L. Digaum, S.M. Kuebler "Spatially-variant periodic structures in electromagnetics." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 373, 20140359-1-22 (2015)
J. L. Digaum, J. J. Pazos, J. Chiles, J. D'Archangel, G. Padilla, A. Tatulian, R. C. Rumpf, S. Fathpour, G. D. Boreman, and S. M. Kuebler "Tight Control of Light Beams in Photonic Crystals with Spatially-Variant Lattice Orientation" Optics Express, vol. 22, pp. 25788-25804, October 2014. (2014)
S. M. Kuebler, D. A. Narayanan, D. E. Karas, K. M. Wilburn "Low-distortion surface functionalization of polymeric microstructures" Macromolec. Chem. Phys. 215, 1533-1542 (2014)
Z. Luo and S. M. Kuebler "Axial superresolution of focused radially polarized light using diffractive optical elements" Optics Communications, 315, pp. 176-182 (2014)
C. J. Clukay, C. N. Grabill, M. A. Hettinger, A. Dutta, D. J. Freppon, A. Robledo, H. Heinrich, A. Bhattacharya, S. M. Kuebler "Controlling formation of gold nanoparticles generated in situ at a polymeric surface" Applied Surface Science, 292, pp. 128–136 (2013)
Alumni
PhD
Rashi Sharma, Chemistry Ph.D., Fall 2018Chris Grabill, Chemistry Ph.D., Spring 2018
Jennefir Digaum, Optics Ph.D., Spring 2016
Henry Williams, Chemistry Ph.D., Fall 2013
Toufic Jabbour, Optics Ph.D., Fall 2009
MS
Geng Yang, Optics M.S., Fall 2019Marco Melino, Optics M.S., Spring 2010
Amir Tal, Optics M.S., Summer 2007
Yigit Yilmaz, Optics M.S., Spring 2006