top of page

Team Members

JCPenny_headshot_edited_edited_edited.jpg

Principal Investigator:

​

Jacob R. Gissinger

Assistant Professor

 

Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

Stevens Institute of Technology

Office: Burchard 307A

​

jgissing@stevens.edu

​

Google Scholar

Research Group:

Bauer_Joshua (2)_edited.png

Joshua Bauer

PhD Student

Victor Komolafe_HeadShot_edited.png

Victor Komolafe

PhD Student

Rian_Chowdhury.jpeg

Rian Chowdhury

PhD Student

Janitha.png

Janitha Mahanthe

PhD Student

arya.jpg

Arya Rao

PhD Student

Ju-Seong_Kim.png

Dr. Ju-Seong Kim (KAERI)

Visiting Scholar

IMG_9189.jpeg

Feihong Wang

Undergraduate

Alumni (listed by year of 'graduation'):

​

2025-2026:

Aya Salama (undergraduate & master's)

Kirk​ Kinzler (master's)

Luke Field (undergraduate)

Ted Janaqi (undergraduate)

Alessandra Zulueta Nieto (undergraduate)

​​

2024-2025:

Sara Hoffer (undergraduate)

Farid Jafarli (master's)

Raia Carr (undergraduate)
Bryan Valerio (undergraduate)
Jason McCauley (undergraduate)

David Goncalves (undergraduate)

​​

Summer 2024:
Kayla Lee (undergraduate visiting scholar - Cooper Union)
Fiona Li (high school student - Brooklyn Tech summer program)

​

2023-2024:
TaeSeo Um (undergraduate)
Jennifer Gonzales-Pasion (undergraduate)
Timothy Kennedy (undergraduate)

Join the Team! The Gissinger Group is actively hiring motivated graduate students and undergraduate students. Please email Prof. Gissinger at jgissing@stevens.edu for more info.

© 2025 NanoCIPHER Lab

bottom of page