Regina Eckert is developing computational imaging algorithms for remote sensing systems 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 of California, Berkeley. Regina was born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

• 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

• Joint design of sensing hardware and computational processing algorithms used for Earth science applications.

• Earth Science  | Earth’s Surface And Interior
• Earth Science  | Water Cycle, Hydrology, Including Freshwater Availability And Resource Management
• Earth Science  | Carbon Cycle And Greenhouse Gasses, Including Monitoring And Mitigation
• Earth Science  | Ecology And Biodiversity, Including Change To Aid Local To Global Conservation Efforts
• Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Data Science  | Uncertainty Quantification (UQ)

• Imaging Spectroscopy  
• Computational Imaging  
• Instrument Science  

• Research Technologist, JPL (2022-present)
• Postdoctoral Researcher, JPL (2022)
• Graduate Student Researcher, University of California, Berkeley (2015-2021)
• Graduate Student Instructor, University of California, Berkeley (2019)
• Technical Intern, Apple Inc. (2018)
• Technical Intern, Sandia National Laboratories (2012-2015)

• SBG Technical Interchange Meeting Organizer (2024)
• JPL Advisory Council for Women Subcommittee Member (2022-2023)
• Co-founder & President of U.C. Berkeley Bias Busters student organization (2016-2021)
• Sculpted Light in the Brain Conference Organizer (2017)
• SPIE and Optical Society of America (OSA/Optica) U.C. Berkeley Chapter Outreach Coordinator (2016-2017)

• JPL Team Award | ISOFIT Team Award (2024)
• JPL Voyager Award | Leadership of SBG Technical Interchange Meeting (2024)
• JPL Team Award | Mapping Imaging Spectrometer for Europa (MISE) Instrument Delivery (2023)
• NASA Award | Submesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment (S-MODE) | Group Achievement Award (2023)
• Professional Society and External Organization Awards | U.C. Berkeley EECS Department | U.C. Berkeley EECS Department Demetri Angelakos Memorial Achievement Award (2019)
• Professional Society and External Organization Awards | UNM College of Engineering | UNM College of Engineering George E. Breece Memorial Prize (2015)