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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.

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Katherine Anne

Katherine Anne

PhD

Expertise

Orthopedic Devices, Tissue Engineering, Morphogenics, Biomechanics, Mechanobiology, Finite Element Analysis, Medical History

Ankita

Ankita

PhD

Expertise

sensory system neuroscience, neuroscience research tools, cognition and perception (sensory illusions), behavioral neuroscience

Caitlin

Caitlin

PhD candidate

Expertise

Comparative Literature; Film Studies; Literary Analysis; Cultural Studies; Francophone, Anglophone and Arabophone Literature & Cinema; Postcolonial Theory

Nina

Nina

PhD

Expertise

cancer biology, immunology, bioengineering, synthetic biology, virology

Desira

Desira

MFA

Expertise

The Intersection of Fashion & History, Costume Design, Fashion History, Period Accuracy, Costume Research, Making Look Books and Pitch Decks for Film Design, Costume Sketching

Sydney

Sydney

PhD

Expertise

Marine microbiology, phytoplankton ecology and physiology, oceanography, marine environmental issues

William

William

Industry expert

Expertise

Data Science, Data Analysis and Software Development with a focus on data reporting and management

Elyssa

Elyssa

Industry expert

Expertise

Musical Composition, Musical and Literary Analysis, Music Theory, Creative Fiction and Non-fiction.

Tatiana

Tatiana

PhD

Expertise

Biology; Neuroscience; Vagus Nerve; Neural Circuitry

Brock

Brock

PhD

Expertise

Neuroscience of consciousness, applications of machine learning to biomedical research, how do our genetic backgrounds influence our psychology

Lindsey

Lindsey

MS candidate

Expertise

Mathematics, Computing

Amanda

Amanda

MS candidate

Expertise

combinatorics, graph theory, algebra, math but make it girlypop, girlypop but make it math, co-opting math content from one area and using it in wildly incompatible (but not really) areas

Emma

Emma

PhD candidate

Expertise

Analyzing gene expression in neurons, fruit fly neurons, neuroscience, cell biology

Michael

Michael

PhD

Expertise

Education, policy, quantitative research, Python (basics)

Abigail

Abigail

PhD candidate

Expertise

Cancer biology, research, translational research

Lalita

Lalita

PhD

Expertise

Microbiology [bacteriology and virology], immunology, molecular biology

John-Paul

John-Paul

MPH

Expertise

Environmental Science, Math, Writing, Chemistry, Literature, English, Website building, public health, biology, science, journalism, epidemiology, marine science, Occupational Health,

Yixi

Yixi

MBA

Expertise

business, business analytics, data, data visualisation, data analysis, marketing, power BI, Business, Management Science, Engineering, Food science & Food Processing Engineering, Google Analytics, cloud, cloud computing

Mary Margaret

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)

Surabhi

Surabhi

MS

Expertise

Statistics, Mathematics, Data Analysis