People
People
Leadership of the Dooher Institute of Physics and Energy, including founder, president, director and current research lead John P. Dooher, Ph.D.
Institutional lead
John P. Dooher, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Physics, College of Arts and Sciences, Adelphi University. Ph.D. in Physics, Stevens Institute of Technology, 1965. Research in theoretical and experimental high-energy physics, combustion of compound fuels, rheology of dense suspensions, coal and biomass gasification, and nonlinear optics of semiconductor quantum dots.
Directors
The following officers are named in the Institute’s federal returns for the fiscal years 2022 to 2024.
| Name | Role as listed |
|---|---|
| John Dooher | Director; President |
| Reiner Scherzinger | Director |
| Peter Dooher | Director; Treasurer |
Current research leadership
John P. Dooher leads the Institute’s Advanced Energy Systems Research Program, reported by the Institute as active in 2026. The program’s technical details remain confidential while the work is under active development.
Co-authors and project collaborators
Named individuals who appear as co-authors or co-inventors in the documented record — among them Marco J. Castaldi, Dean P. Modroukas, Sean J. Bentley, Klaus S. Lackner, Henry F. Ahner, David R. Rubin and Swanand Tupsakhare — hold their own institutional affiliations and are not affiliated with the Institute unless a source says so. Their work appears in the publications index and the patents record with the affiliations their publishers list.