Whitney Gaynor

Whitney Gaynor has a diverse work experience in the field of materials science and engineering. Whitney co-founded Sinovia Technologies in 2011 and served as the President. Prior to that, they worked as an Optics Engineer at Nanosys from 2011 to 2012.

Whitney's academic research experience includes their time as a Ph.D. candidate at Stanford University from 2005 to 2010. Whitney was a member of the Peumans Research Group, where they focused on the design, fabrication, and testing of organic thin-film memory, solar cells, and light-emitting diodes. Whitney also contributed to the invention and development of transparent conducting films using nanoscale materials.

During their time at Stanford, Whitney also worked as a Teaching Assistant for the departmental core class Organic Materials, where they graded problem sets and held review sessions.

Before their graduate studies, Whitney worked as an Undergraduate Researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the Rubner Group at the Center for Materials Science and Engineering. Whitney conducted research on new material blends for organic light-emitting electrochemical cells and worked with atomic force microscopy and LabView electrical data collection. At MIT, they also tutored students in Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering.

In 2002, Whitney interned as a Summer Research Intern at Nanomix.

Whitney Gaynor has a strong educational background in Materials Science and Engineering. In 2000, they obtained their Bachelor of Science degree (S.B) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Whitney then attended Stanford University, where they earned their Master of Science degree (M.S) in Materials Science and Engineering from 2004 to 2006. Continuing their education at Stanford, Whitney completed their Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from 2004 to 2010.