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Research Program Mentors

Polygence mentors are selected based on their exceptional academic background, teaching experience, and unique ability to inspire the next generation of innovative thinkers and industry leaders.

Biotech
Carlos

Carlos

PhD candidate

Expertise

Cancer Biology, Immunology, Molecular Biology

Haley

Haley

PhD

Expertise

Immunology, infectious disease, vaccines, antibodies, virology, cancer

Lizzie

Lizzie

PhD candidate

Expertise

Tissue engineering, biotechnology, reproductive health, omics, sequencing, uterine biology, endometriosis, preterm labor, pregnancy, hormones, organ on chip, microfluidics, lab on a chip, cell therapies

Bilgenur

Bilgenur

PhD

Expertise

dna sequencing, environmental science, molecular ecology, bioinformatics

Jacqueline

Jacqueline

PhD candidate

Expertise

Neuroimmunology, neurodegenerative disease, philosophy of immunology

Dorian

Dorian

PhD

Expertise

cellular biology, biology of neurological or inflammatory diseases, development of new medications

Anish

Anish

MS

Expertise

Neurodegenerative Diseases (Glaucoma, Alzheimers, Parkinsons, etc), Neuroimaging Technologies (MRI, CT, etc.), Neurotrauma (Concussions, Blast impact), Sports Medicine (new treatments, diagnostic tests), Medical Device ideation and design for underserved communities, Anything related to statistical analysis and/or data science (any industry/subject area)

Alexa

Alexa

MA

Expertise

infectious diseases (esp. tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS), diagnostics (e.g. COVID, breast cancer, tuberculosis), bioanalytical chemistry, single molecule techniques, other topics in biochemical/biomedical research, chemistry related to the ocean

Morgan

Morgan

PhD

Expertise

Immunology, Molecular Biology, Gene Regulation

Daniel

Daniel

PhD

Expertise

Preparation for Pre-Med or STEM Undergraduate studies. Entrepreneurship and Business. Scientific Research. Data Science and Analytics.

Margaret

Margaret

PhD

Expertise

Ionizable Lipid Nanoparticles, Nucleic Acid Delivery, Drug Delivery, Bioengineering, Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T cells, Cancer Immunology

Poonam

Poonam

PhD

Expertise

Cancer, Molecular Biology, Protein purification, Cell based assays

Haley

Haley

PhD candidate

Expertise

I would like to mentor students in neuroscience, epilepsy, immunology, cancer biology, molecular biology and biotechnology.

Victoria

Victoria

PhD candidate

Expertise

Plant Biology, Molecular Genetics, Genetics, Biochemistry

Natalie

Natalie

PhD candidate

Expertise

Neural systems and circuits; Neurotransmitters (dopamine, serotonin); Circuits underlying neuropharmacology and neuropsychiatric disease; Neuroscience of behavior and perception; Drug discovery; Intersection between art and science; Photography

Jennifer

Jennifer

PhD candidate

Expertise

Bioengineering, bioinformatics, math, physics

Shashwat

Shashwat

MD/PhD candidate

Expertise

Neurosurgery, Neuro-Oncology, Neurology, Medical Imaging

Laura

Laura

MS

Expertise

Marine Biology, Coral Reef Ecology, Coral Reef Restoration, Biological Oceanography, Marine Ecology

Shayda

Shayda

PhD

Expertise

Projects that approach medicine and modeling from a biosensor research perspective.

Noam

Noam

PhD candidate

Expertise

Synthetic biology, computational biology, machine learning, systems biology