Yolanda
MPA
Expertise
Food systems, Urban Agriculture, Environmental Studies
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.
Environmental Science
- AI/ML
- Animation
- Arts
- Biology
- Biotech
- Business
- Cancer
- Chemistry
- Cognitive
- Computer Science
- Creative Writing
- Dance
- Dentistry
- Economics
- Engineering
- Entomology
- Environmental Science
- Ethics
- Fashion
- Finance
- Game Design
- Healthcare
- History
- Illustration
- Languages
- Linguistics
- Literature
- Math
- Medicine
- Music
- Neuroscience
- Nutrition
- Organizational Leadership
- Philanthropy
- Philosophy
- Photography
- Physics
- Psychiatry
- Psychology
- Public Health
- Quantitative
- Social
- Social Science
- Sports Analytics
- Statistics
- Surgery
Cyrus
MD candidate
Expertise
Public Health, Environmental Science, Biology
Jayson
PhD candidate
Expertise
Environmental science, public health, environmental health, policy, environmental engineering
Henry
PhD candidate
Expertise
Chemical engineering & data science applied to biology
Cheldina
PhD candidate
Expertise
engineering design loop, water purification technology, sustainable design, green chemistry, 3D printing, environmental justice
Isabel
PhD candidate
Expertise
biology; ecology and evolution of infectious diseases; microbiology, virology, mathematical biology; social and political impacts of infectious disease
Kelli
PhD
Expertise
Microbiology, Marine Biology, Bioinformatics, Science Communication
Emily
PhD candidate
Expertise
Environmental science and sustainability, management, governance, and policy. Conservation, social science, writing. Decision-making, project management, strategic planning, and evaluation. Science communication, data management, NGOs/ nonprofits, philosophy of science, research process and methods.
Jeff
PhD candidate
Expertise
computer vision for remote sensing, causal inference for climate impacts, machine learning and data science, environmental science, sustainable development, biology, AI/ML, comp sci, data science, data mining, data visualization, Remote Sensing, Computer Vision, climate change
Erica
EdM
Expertise
Education, specifically in secondary education for mathematics
Karim
PhD candidate
Expertise
Microbial Ecology, population genomics, evolutionary biology
Ashley
MPH
Expertise
Public Health, Biology, Marine Biology/Science, Oceanography, Environmental Public Health, Climate Change
Mary Margaret
PhD candidate
Expertise
Climate Change/Oceanography (ocean acidification, coral reefs, biogeochemical models, paleontology, carbon capture, glacial weathering, climate science-policy, community-based collaborative science)
Madelin
PhD candidate
Expertise
Marine Biology, Oceanography, Earth Science, Environmental Studies, Photography, Conservation
Alexandra
MS candidate
Expertise
Ecology, conservation, ornithology, habitat management
Christian
PhD candidate
Expertise
Spatial Data Science; Movement Ecology; Marine Biology; Fisheries Science
Shalimar
PhD candidate
Expertise
Ecology, marine biology, oceanography, fisheries management, environmental policy, remote sensing
Mackenzie
MS
Expertise
Environmental Sciences (agriculture, plant biology, ecology, etc), Arts - dance or creative writing, Business Topics, and Sustainability of environmental, social, and economic topics. Solar energy development as well.
Natalia
PhD candidate
Expertise
Genetic regulation, Biochemistry, Microbiology
Margaret
MA
Expertise
Geology, Earth Science, Environmental Science, Paleontology, Biology, World Mythology, Theater Design, Education