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.
Will
PhD candidate
Expertise
Ethics, Political Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Interdisciplinary Work with Philosophy and the social sciences, Writing for the Humanities, philosophical ideas in film and literature
Shae
PhD candidate
Expertise
coding, calculus, modeling, online game creation, epidemiology, biostatistics
Sarah
PhD
Expertise
Neuroscience, life sciences, microbiome, biotech, visual arts, applications of neuroimaging
Elizabeth
PhD
Expertise
European and Middle East History, Comparative Literature, Creative Writing, French Literature,
Pavithran
MD/PhD candidate
Expertise
Cell signaling, cancer biology, mathematical modeling of biochemical networks, cancer immunotherapy
Ti'Air
PhD
Expertise
biomedical engineering, neural engineering, neuroscience, cellular signaling pathways, implantable electrodes, astrocytes, neurons, implantable neurotechnology, neurodegenerative diseases, deep brain stimulation, neurolink 'like' devices, cell culture, neuroimaging
Nolan
PhD candidate
Expertise
Computer Music, Cryptography, Pure/Applied Mathematics, Game Development, Game Design, Unity, Coding Music, Python
Bhairavy
PhD candidate
Expertise
biomedical engineering/sciences, oncology, immunology, tissue engineering, regenerative medicine
DaVante
PhD candidate
Expertise
Quantum Mechanics, Statistical Mechanics, Machine Learning, Quantum Information
Johanna
PhD candidate
Expertise
Dark Matter, Dark Energy, Gravitational Lensing, Coding in python or C++, mechanics, electricity and magnetism, quantum mechanics. Projects to code physics simulations.
Terence
MBA candidate
Expertise
All Business related topics, Data Analytics in Business, Management, Music Related Projects, Data Science Related Projects
Howard
PhD
Expertise
political science, international relations, conflict and war, political violence, authoritarian politics, computational social science, network analysis, experiments, causal inference
Arnel Blake
PhD
Expertise
Epistemology, feminist philosophy, philosophy of language, philosophy of psychology, and philosophy of science
Rob
PhD candidate
Expertise
Population Genetics, Mutation, Evolution, Molecular Biology, Biology, Genetics, Molecular Evolution, Statistics, Mutation Accumulation, C. elegans, D. melanogaster, S. cerevisiae