Whitney Gaynor
Founder of Sinovia Technologies
Palo Alto, California
Overview
Work Experience
President, Co-Founder
2011 - Current
Sinovia Technologies manufactures flexible printed OLED displays.
Raised $10,590,760.00 from National Science Foundation, National Science Foundation, National Science Foundation and National Science Foundation.
Optics Engineer
2011 - 2012
Nanosys specializes in the development of quantum dot technology for displays.
Raised $246,700,087.00 from Centerbridge Partners, Kilonova Capital and Fortress Investment Group.
Ph. D. Candidate, Peumans Research Group
2005 - 2010
o Organic thin-film memory, solar cell, and light-emitting diode design, fabrication, and testing. o Development of novel organic memory and solar cell device architectures. o Invention and development of transparent conducting films using nanoscale materials for thin-film solar cells, energy efficient lighting, and displays. o Collaboration with Institut fur Angewandte Photophysik (Dresden, Germany), on new device structures for organic solar cells and white organic light-emitting diodes. o Experience with both high-vacuum and solution-processed thin-film deposition. o Proficient in scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, profilometery, and optical and electrical characterization of thin-film devices. o Laboratory supervisor for equipment including: glove box nitrogen environment, profilometer, LabView instrument control.
Teaching Assistant, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
2007 - 2007
o Teaching Assistant for the departmental core class Organic Materials (MSE.210) under Professor Sarah Heilshorn. o Graded weekly problems sets, held office hours and review sessions covering all aspects of polymeric and soft materials.
Undergraduate Researcher, Rubner Group, Center for Materials Science and Engineering
2002 - 2004
o Fabricated and tested new material blends for organic light-emitting electrochemical cells. o Studied multilayer polymer systems fabricated by sequential adsorption and aided in the development of a salt-based patterning system for these materials. o Worked with atomic force microscopy, profilometry, and LabView electrical data collection.
Tutor, Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering
2001 - 2003
Tutored students enrolled in 3.091, Introduction to Materials Science, who qualified through the Department of Materials Science and Engineering's criteria as in need of extra help. Aided students with homework sets, preparing for exams, and in general understanding of the topic. The course covered introductory crystallography, chemistry, and nanoscience, and fulfilled MIT's general chemistry requirement.
Summer Research Intern
2002 - 2002
Performed chemical synthesis of various nano-scale material structures such as nickel nanoparticles and vanadium pentoxide nanoribbons as well as chemical vapor deposition of carbon nanotubes.