Regina Eckert is developing computational imaging algorithms for remote sensing systems as a postdoc in JPL's Imaging Spectroscopy group. She previously developed computational imaging systems and algorithms for quantitative phase and 3D refractive index microscopy as a graduate student at the University fo California, Berkeley. Regina was born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Education:
- Ph.D. Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, August 2021
- M.S. Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, December 2019
- B.S. Electrical Engineering, University of New Mexico, May 2015
Research Interests:
- Joint design of sensing hardware and computational processing algorithms used for Earth science applications.
Professional Experience:
- Research Technologist, JPL (2022)
- Graduate Student Instructor, University of California, Berkeley (2019)
- Technical Intern, Apple Inc. (2018)
- Technical Intern, Sandia National Laboratories (2012-2015)
Selected Awards:
- U.C. Berkeley EECS Department Demetri Angelakos Memorial Achievement Award (2019)
- NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (2016)
- U.C. Berkeley Graduate Fellowship (2015)
- UNM College of Engineering George E. Breece Memorial Prize (2015)
Selected Publications:
- Regina Eckert, Steffen Mauceri, David R. Thompson, Jay E. Fahlen, Philip G. Brodrick, “Spatially constrained atmosphere and surface retrieval for imaging spectroscopy,” Remote Sensing of Environment, Volume 300, 2024, 113902, ISSN 0034-4257, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2023.113902.
- S. Chowdhury, M. Chen, R. Eckert, D. Ren, F. Wu, N. Repina, and L. Waller, "High-resolution 3D refractive index microscopy of multiple-scattering samples from intensity images," Optica 6, 1211-1219 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA.6.001211
- R. Eckert, D. Ren, M. Chen, E. Bostan, and L. Waller, "Pupil coding for increased measurement diversity in 3D Fourier ptychography," in Imaging and Applied Optics 2019 (COSI, IS, MATH, pcAOP), OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 2019), paper CW3A.1. https://doi.org/10.1364/COSI.2019.CW3A.1
- R. Eckert, Z. F. Phillips, and L. Waller, "Efficient illumination angle self-calibration in Fourier ptychography," Appl. Opt. 57, 5434-5442 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.57.005434
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