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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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Cath

Cath

PhD candidate

Expertise

Plant biology; plant-pathogen interactions; microbiology

Jillian

Jillian

MFA candidate

Expertise

English, Journalism, Creative Writing, Personal Essays, Memoir, YA Fiction

Ali

Ali

PhD

Expertise

Entrepreneurship, Product Design, Economics, Engineering, Data Science, Machine Learning

Nolan

Nolan

PhD candidate

Expertise

Central Asian history, Southeast Asian history, South Asian history, African history, global history, history of religion in East Asia, medieval interregional history, maritime history

Armen

Armen

PhD candidate

Expertise

Clinical (i.e., abnormal) psychology, child psychology, developmental psychopathology, cognitive development, research methods, basic statistics (e.g., ANOVA, regression)

Haley

Haley

PhD candidate

Expertise

I would like to mentor students in neuroscience, epilepsy, immunology, cancer biology, molecular biology and biotechnology.

Christian

Christian

PhD candidate

Expertise

Spatial Data Science; Movement Ecology; Marine Biology; Fisheries Science

Shervin

Shervin

PhD

Expertise

computational fluid dynamics, computer aided design, artificial intelligence, high performance computing, machine learning, large language models, product management

Luke

Luke

PhD candidate

Expertise

Fluid Dynamics and Applied Mathematics

Stephen

Stephen

MPhil candidate

Expertise

History, Geography, Arabic, Islamic Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Religious Studies

Chanyoung

Chanyoung

PhD

Expertise

Biology of regeneration and stem cells, cancer biology, general biology

Colwyn

Colwyn

PhD

Expertise

Immunology, Biology, Cardiovascular Biology, Aging Biology, Basic Sciences, Mitochondria

Benjamin

Benjamin

PhD

Expertise

Microbiology, General biology, Infectious disease

Elizabeth

Elizabeth

PhD candidate

Expertise

Clinical psychology, neuropsychology, trauamtic brain injury, creative writing

BIlal

BIlal

PhD

Expertise

Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, & Neuroscience

Shae

Shae

MS candidate

Expertise

coding, calculus, modeling, online game creation, epidemiology, biostatistics

Matthew

Matthew

Industry expert

Expertise

Film Production and Cinematography

Ari

Ari

MS candidate

Expertise

iOS app development, website development, web app development, applied machine learning, user research, design, coding

Kathy

Kathy

PhD

Expertise

Adolescent brain development; learning and decision making; developmental cognitive neuroscience; social motivation

Kalifa

Kalifa

MD candidate

Expertise

Projects that approach medicine from a public health perspective; Understanding the global implications of health policy; Using quantitative and qualitative analysis