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.
Education, social sciences, cultural studies, psychology and emotional well-being, NGO/nonprofits, business, gender issues, poverty, program development and evaluations, parent participation, foreign language learning or teaching, faith/religion
structural biology - cryo-electron microscopy; immunology - adaptive immune system, antibodies; virology - HIV, SARS-CoV-2, influenza; protein engineering - vaccine design
The role of protein misfolding in neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease, relationship between structure and function of proteins, how protein mutations lead to disease development
Creating writing, poetry, hybrid, zine, anthology, community engagement, gardening
Clinical (i.e., abnormal) psychology, developmental psychopathology, cognitive development, research methods, basic statistics (e.g., ANOVA, regression), mental health and the media, mental health and social media, treatment of mental health
Earth sciences, planetary sciences, physics, mathematics, chemistry, spectroscopy
Data Analytics, Data Science, Customer and Product Analytics, Business, Consumer Tech
History; Cultural heritage; archaeology; anthropology; Classical studies (Ancient Greek & Roman history, language and culture); library science and archives
neurovascular coupling, network neuroscience, network neuroscience, striatal network, neurodegenerative diseases, psychiatric disorders
Neuro-immunology, behavioral neuroscience, depression, antidepressants, Alzheimer’s, gut-brain axis
Data Science, Engineer, Statistics, Math, Design Products, engineering design process, user experience design and research, toy design, CAD/3Dprinting, prototyping and rapid manufacturing
multicultural psychology, gender studies and women's issues, dating violence and intimate partner violence, social justice advocacy, anti-racist education
Dark Matter, Dark Energy, Gravitational Lensing, Coding in python or C++, mechanics, electricity and magnetism, quantum mechanics. Projects to code physics simulations.
Finance, Fintech, Derivatives Trading, Commodities and currency trading, Energy Trading, Investments, Wealth management, Startups, Fundraising, Entrepreneurship
pharmaceuticals, drug development and optimization, biotech, drug metabolism, pharmacogenetics
Neuroscience, Alzheimer's disease, neurodegeneration, sleep disruption, synapse biology, tau pathology, sleep, memory, brain injury, psychology, traumatic brain injury, cognition, learning & memory
