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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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Nicole

Nicole

MD/PhD candidate

Expertise

Neuroscience / Medicine / Biology / Psychology / Animal Behavior / Autism / Traumatic Brain Injury / CTE / Neurodegenerative Disease

David

David

PhD

Expertise

Pain and opioid neuroscience, pharmacology, neuropharmacology

Jennifer

Jennifer

Industry expert

Expertise

Psychology, Health Disparities, Sociology of Medicine

Mackenzie

Mackenzie

MS

Expertise

Environmental Sciences (agriculture, plant biology, ecology, etc), Arts - dance or creative writing, Business Topics, and Sustainability of environmental, social, and economic topics. Solar energy development as well.

Eric

Eric

PhD

Expertise

Neuroscience and pain, cancer biology, autism

Nkatha

Nkatha

PhD candidate

Expertise

Neuroscience of compulsive disorder, behavioral neuroscience, neurodegeneration

Gladys

Gladys

PhD candidate

Expertise

Environmental Economics, Industrial Organization

Adoley

Adoley

MBA candidate

Expertise

economics, sustainability

Donald

Donald

PhD candidate

Expertise

Cancer Metabolism, Impact of Nutrition on Disease, Toxicology

Micheal

Micheal

PhD

Expertise

Biology, Chemistry, Genetics, Cell and Molecular Biology, Cardiovascular Biology, and Cellular Agriculture,

Nila

Nila

PhD

Expertise

Genetics, meiosis, Drosophila melanogaster, DNA repair, recombination,

Fatak

Fatak

Industry expert

Expertise

Aerospace Engineering; Flight Software Design; Modeling and Simulation; Bioastronautics

Nora

Nora

DDes candidate

Expertise

illustrator, photoshop, coral draw, branding, visual design, Arabic language,

Jennifer

Jennifer

PhD candidate

Expertise

Political psychology, Political behavior, Public opinion, Political Science, American Politics, Survey research, Social networks, GIS in R, R programming, Text as data, Machine Learning, Data visualization, Data science

bu

bu

PhD

Expertise

Survey research, Statistics, Quantitative research, Data analysis, Data Visualization, Business Intelligence

Mariame

Mariame

PhD candidate

Expertise

cancer biology, bioinformatics, data analytics, public health, computer science, biology, coding

Sophia

Sophia

MA candidate

Expertise

physics (particle physics, biophysics), history (modern Chinese history, Soviet history, Cold War history, environmental history, intellectual history)

Jazlyn

Jazlyn

PhD

Expertise

Cognitive Science (developmental and interdisciplinary)

Roseanne

Roseanne

PhD candidate

Expertise

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

Merci

Merci

PhD

Expertise

Alzheimers, neuroscience, neurodegenerative disease, cell biology, axon initial segment, tau protein, human brain