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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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Madison

Madison

PhD candidate

Expertise

engineering, product design, market research, design for social impact, entrepreneurship and business planning

Erin

Erin

PhD

Expertise

Ecology, Conservation, Wildlife Biology, Botany, Natural Resource Management, GIS, Environmental Policy and Regulation

Aleena

Aleena

PhD

Expertise

Biological Engineering, Developmental Biology, Molecular Biology

Xenia

Xenia

JD/PhD

Expertise

Entrepreneurship, Startups, Venture Capital, Corporate Law, Business Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity

Maggie

Maggie

PhD

Expertise

Science of sleep, addiction neuroscience, neurobiology of psychiatric disease, neurogenetics, learning and memory, transcranial magnetic stimulation, treatment-resistant mood disorders

Claire

Claire

MSW candidate

Expertise

Public health, reproductive health, sexual health, violence prevention, advocacy, clinical therapy

Nathan

Nathan

PhD

Expertise

microbiology

Parisa

Parisa

DMA

Expertise

Acoustic and electroacoustic music composition; Music Entrepreneurship; Music Production; Music Theory, Sound Design/Introduction to DAWs

Shauna

Shauna

MD

Expertise

Medicine, Biology, Mathematics, Research

Elizabeth

Elizabeth

MIDS candidate

Expertise

Business (Writing Business Plans), Product Management (Designing a Product), Entrepreneurship, Public Speaking or Presentation Coaching, Designing a Software UI Interface in Figma

Benjamin

Benjamin

PhD

Expertise

Tissue Engineering, 3D Bioprinting, Cardiovascular engineering, Biomaterials, engineering, Biotechnology

Matthew

Matthew

PhD candidate

Expertise

Biology, Physiology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Disease Modeling with Patient Derived Stem Cells

Ievgeniia

Ievgeniia

PhD

Expertise

Ukraine, Ukrainian history and literature, the Renaissance and the Reformation in Western Europe, Eastern European and Russian history.

Laken

Laken

MS

Expertise

data science topics, applied statistics, r programming, python programming

Diya

Diya

MEng

Expertise

Engineering, mechanical engineering, product design, engineering mathematics, computational engineering, project management, machine learning for mechanical engineering, fluid dynamics for different applications

Leo

Leo

MSE

Expertise

Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, Design Thinking, Business

Jada

Jada

PhD candidate

Expertise

Clinical psychology, Sexuality, Racial and Gender Discrimination, Mental Health, Social Justice Issues, Maternal Psychology,

Kathryn

Kathryn

PhD candidate

Expertise

biology, biochemistry, chemistry, structural biology, protein biology

Dan

Dan

PhD candidate

Expertise

Genomics, Population Genetics, Evolutionary Biology, Quantitative Genetics, Human Genetics, Human Evolution, Epidemiology

Shail

Shail

Industry expert

Expertise

Semiconductors, Manufacturing, Mathematics, 3D modeling / Design, CAD, Prototyping, Quantum Dots, Display Technology