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Education
- B.S., Astrophysics, University of Vienna, 2005
- M.S., Astrophysics, University of Vienna, 2008
- M.S., Computational Physics, University of Vienna, 2009
- Ph.D., Astrophysics, University of Vienna, 2013
Academic Positions
- Affiliate faculty (0%), Department of Astronomy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2022-today
- NCSA faculty affiliate (0%), Center for Astrophysical Surveys (CAPS), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2021-today
- Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2021-today
- Acting Assistant Professor, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, Astronomy, 2018-2021
- Post doctoral researcher, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Planetary Science, Pasadena, CA, 2016-2018
- Post doctoral researcher, IMCCE/Paris Observatory, Paris, France, Astronomy, 2013-2016
Design Teams
- Clear Constellation competition (https://www.clearconstellation.com/)
Research Interests
- Astrodynamics
- Planetary Defense
- Celestial Navigation
- Dynamical Systems
- Space Domain Awareness
Books Authored or Co-Authored (Original Editions)
Chapters in Books
Selected Articles in Journals
- Farnocchia, D., Eggl, S., Chodas, P. W., Giorgini, J. D., & Chesley, S. R. (2019), Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, Planetary encounter analysis on the B-plane: a comprehensive formulation, 131, 36.
- Eggl, S., Georgakarakos, N., & Pilat-Lohinger, E. (2020), Galaxies, Habitable Zones in Binary Star Systems: A Zoology, 8, 65.
- Eggl, S., Farnocchia, D., Chamberlin, A. B., & Chesley, S. R. (2020), Icarus, Star catalog position and proper motion corrections in asteroid astrometry II: The Gaia era, 339, 113596.
- Quarles, B., Eggl, S., Rosario-Franco, M., & Li, G. (2021), The Astronomical Journal, Exomoons in Systems with a Strong Perturber: Applications to α Cen AB, 162, 58.
- Georgakarakos, N., Eggl, S., & Dobbs-Dixon, I. (2021), Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, Circumbinary habitable zones in the presence of a giant planet, 8, 44.
- Moeyens, J., Jurić, M., Ford, J., Bektešević, D., Connolly, A. J., Eggl, S., Ivezić, Ž., Jones, R. L., Kalmbach, J. B., & Smotherman, H. (2021), The Astronomical Journal, THOR: An Algorithm for Cadence-independent Asteroid Discovery, 162, 143.
- Makadia, R., Raducan, S. D., Fahnestock, E. G., & Eggl, S. (2022), The Planetary Science Journal, Heliocentric Effects of the DART Mission on the (65803) Didymos Binary Asteroid System, 3, 184.
- Schwamb, M. E., Jones, R. L., Yoachim, P., Volk, K., Dorsey, R. C., Opitom, C., Greenstreet, S., Lister, T., Snodgrass, C., Bolin, B. T., Inno, L., Bannister, M. T., Eggl, S., et al. (2023), The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, Tuning the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) Observing Strategy for Solar System Science, 266, 22.
- Cheng, A. F., Agrusa, H. F., Barbee, B. W., Meyer, A. J., Farnham, T. L., Raducan, S. D., Richardson, D. C., Dotto, E., Zinzi, A., Della Corte, V., Statler, T. S., Chesley, S., Naidu, S. P., Hirabayashi, M., Li, J.-Y., Eggl, S., et al. (2023), Nature, Momentum transfer from the DART mission kinetic impact on asteroid Dimorphos, 616, 457.
- Nandakumar, S., Eggl, S., Tregloan-Reed, J., Adam, C., Anderson-Baldwin, J., Bannister, M. T., Battle, A., Benkhaldoun, Z., Campbell, T., Colque, J. P., Damke, G., Plauchu Frayn, I., Ghachoui, M., Guillen, P. F., Kaeouach, A. E., Krantz, H. R., Langbroek, M., Rattenbury, N., Reddy, V., Ridden-Harper, R., Young, B., Unda-Sanzana, E., Watson, A. M., Walker, C. E., Barentine, J. C., Benvenuti, P., Di Vruno, F., Peel, M. W., Rawls, M. L., Bassa, C., Flores-Quintana, C., García, P., Kim, S., Longa-Peña, P., Ortiz, E., Otarola, Á., Romero-Colmenares, M., Sanhueza, P., Siringo, G., & Soto, M. (2023), Nature, The high optical brightness of the BlueWalker 3 satellite, 623, 938.
- Makadia, R., Chesley, S.R., Farnocchia, D., Naidu, S.P., Souami, D., Tanga, P., Tsiganis, K., Hirabayashi, M. and Eggl, S., (2024), The Planetary Science Journal, Measurability of the Heliocentric Momentum Enhancement from a Kinetic Impact: The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission. 5(2), p.38.
Research Honors
- Asteroid 2000 GT167 re-named "Eggl" in honor of significant contributions to the field of planetary science. (06/21/2023)
Recent Courses Taught
- AE 352 - Aerospace Dynamical Systems
- AE 502 - Advanced Orbital Mechanics
- AE 554 (TAM 516) - Dynamical Systems Theory