Gerald Eigen is a Full Professor of Physics at the University of Bergen. He earned his Diplom in 1980 and PhD in 1984, after which he spent ten years at Caltech as a Lynen Fellow, Senior Research Fellow, and Heisenberg Professor. During his tenure at Caltech, he contributed to the Mark III, SLD, CLEO II, and BABAR experiments. Upon relocating to Bergen, he continued as a visiting faculty member at Caltech until 2017, after which he became a regular visitor.
At CERN, Prof. Eigen joined the DELPHI experiment and later worked on the SuperB experiment and the ATLAS experiment following the completion of BABAR and DELPHI. Over the years, he has taught the course "Experimental Techniques in Particle and Nuclear Physics" for master's students.
Prof. Eigen has conducted extensive R&D on optical readout of scintillators (including inorganic crystals, plastic scintillators, and aerogel) using PMTs, PDs, APDs, and SiPMs. His work includes building and testing calor
