Giovanni Santamaria
Giovanni Santamaria has been teaching continuously at New York Tech’s School of Architecture and Design since 2008. He has served as a member of the Fulbright Scholarship Program's National Screening Committee and taken numerous groups of students on summer study abroad trips, but he is most satisfied when he sees his students growing and learning.
Faculty Profile: Haotian Zhao, Ph.D.
Associate Professor Haotian, Zhao, Ph.D., hopes to find better ways to treat childhood cancers. Read more about his research.
A. Martin Gerdes
As a young researcher studying heart disease, A. Martin Gerdes, Ph.D., was frustrated by the lack of understanding in his field about how heart failure and other cardiovascular diseases impacted the structure of the heart at the cellular and molecular level. He dedicated his career to studying heart disease and he has been honored for his contributions with two highly esteemed honors.
Rana ElKassem
Rana ElKassem has a rare perspective of NYIT. She first became acquainted with NYIT-Abu Dhabi as a graduate student in 2015. Now she is an alumna and works full-time as the associate director of Employer and Alumni Relations.
Christina Finn
Meet Christina Finn, an assistant professor of occupational therapy in NYIT School of Health Professions.
William Werner
At NYIT's Academic Health Care Center (AHCC), William Werner, Ed.D, is a comforting presence for patients with Parkinson's disease. As supervisor of the Department of Physical Therapy, he designs and guides their exercise regimens and ensures they receive services to help them lead a healthy, productive lifestyle.
Ziqian (Cecilia) Dong
From computer network and security to engineering tools for better quality of life, Cecilia Dong believes that creativity is the key to training next-generation engineers and entrepreneurs—a point she routinely makes to her students.
Donald Fizzinoglia
Don Fizzinoglia is a multi-hyphenate who has worked with stars such as Oliver Stone, Woody Harrelson, Carrie Fisher, Kirsten Dunst, and Lauren Bacall.
Jeffrey Raven
Architecture is a family tradition for Jeffrey Raven, NYIT's director of the graduate program in Urban and Regional Design. He has more than 20 years of experience, including running his namesake firm, RAVEN A+U. Longer still is an appreciation for architecture gleaned from living in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
Paolo Gasti
His research focuses on privacy-preserving genomic computation. In other words, as advanced DNA sequencing technologies revolutionize the medical field and bring the possibility of digitized genomes closer to reality, Gasti is interested in how engineers will address the privacy concerns of individuals who may one day have access to obtaining and storing their DNA sequences online.
Jason Van Nest
Jason Van Nest is an architect, a professor, and a technology consultant.