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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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Jackie

Jackie

PhD

Expertise

Sport and Performance Psychology, Multicultural counseling, Counseling theories, Social psychology, Positive psychology, Mental health within disenfranchised communities, Wellbeing

Bijal

Bijal

MHA

Expertise

Public Health, Anthropology, Global Health, Gerontology, Business, Healthcare Administration, Product Development

Ritu

Ritu

PhD

Expertise

Application Development, Website or Blog Development, Open-Source Initiatives, Peer Learning Aps, Social Media Platform, AI in education

Timothy

Timothy

PhD candidate

Expertise

Economics, Monetary Policy, Behavioral Economics, Game Theory, Econometrics, Forecasting

Yilan

Yilan

PhD

Expertise

method development to better understand the disease causes, applications of machine learning/deep learning in biology

Lihua

Lihua

MBA candidate

Expertise

Research, Presenting, Community-based projects, Community education, Implementation

Ashley

Ashley

PhD candidate

Expertise

Molecular and Cellular Biology, Genetics & Genomics, Plant Biology, Immunology, Environmental Biology, Microbiology

Hunter

Hunter

PhD

Expertise

History; Religion; Islamic Studies; History of the Middle East; History of South Asia; Issues in Science and Religion; the History of Philosophy; Science and Technology Studies (STS)

Natalie

Natalie

PhD

Expertise

biology, development, organic chemistry

Rob

Rob

PhD candidate

Expertise

Population Genetics, Mutation, Evolution, Molecular Biology, Biology, Genetics, Molecular Evolution, Statistics, Mutation Accumulation, C. elegans, D. melanogaster, S. cerevisiae

Melanie

Melanie

MS

Expertise

Human Biology, pre-medicine, and healthcare management

Darnell

Darnell

MBA candidate

Expertise

Finance/Financial Services, Wealth Management, Business (multi-member LLC experience), and Poetry, Creative Writing, Published Art Works

Dina

Dina

MPS

Expertise

Technical artist, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, accessibility design, UX/UI design, web design, game design

Isabelle

Isabelle

Industry expert

Expertise

Neuroscience, biology, data science, kinematics

Carlos

Carlos

PhD

Expertise

Cancer Biology, Immunology, Molecular Biology

Maitreya

Maitreya

MS

Expertise

Computer science, web development, anything programming related

Jordan

Jordan

PhD

Expertise

Stem cells, Molecular Biology, Cancer Biology, Cancer Metabolism, Microbiology, Pathogenesis, Metabolism, Microscopy

Nicholas

Nicholas

PhD

Expertise

Aging and aging-related diseases; maternal and child health; epidemiology; Alzheimer's disease and related dementia; frailty; cognitive decline

Lauren

Lauren

PhD candidate

Expertise

Cell and Molecular Biology

Kaitlin

Kaitlin

DNP

Expertise

Public health, healthcare, child health policy, resilience, child development