Hergen Eilers is Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and President of ExMat Research, Inc., a spin- out from Washington State University’s Applied Sciences Laboratory (ASL) in Spokane, WA. At ASL, Dr. Eilers and his colleagues developed various types of optical sensor technologies for use in extreme conditions. Dr. Eilers started ExMat in 2019 to continue the development of the sensors and to commercialize them.
After earning his Ph.D. in Solid State Laser Physics, Dr. Eilers joined Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA as a Postdoctoral Associate. In 1995, he and some colleagues started their own company, Quantum Vision, Inc. (QVI) in Palo Alto, California. At QVI, Dr. Eilers performed research on thin-film phosphors embedded in resonant microcavities for display applications.
Dr. Eilers’ interest in start-up companies led him to pursue a Master of Business Administration (MBA), which he received in 2000 from Golden Gate University. Subsequently, he joined Gemfire Corp. as a Product Manager and Product Marketing Engineer for a thermo optic polymer-based Variable Optical Attenuator (VOA) for optical telecom applications.
In 2003, Dr. Eilers started his own company, NovaCera, developing window materials for airborne directed energy applications for the U.S. Air Force. In 2004, Dr. Eilers joined the Institute for Shock Physics’ Applied Sciences Laboratory at Washington State University.
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