
Cayla
PhD candidate
Expertise
Interdisciplinary or Exploratory Projects, Writing/Research, Music and Recording/Music Production, Journalism, Creative/Fiction and Nonfiction Writing, Psychology/Sociology Research

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.

Interdisciplinary or Exploratory Projects, Writing/Research, Music and Recording/Music Production, Journalism, Creative/Fiction and Nonfiction Writing, Psychology/Sociology Research

NCAA, NFL, NASCAR, and NBA industry experience; consulting across sports business and analytics; DraftKings analytics; published sports economics research; SQL, Python, and R programming; Tableau data visualization; Microsoft Office Suite; strategic insights in sponsorship, ticketing, and fan engagement.

Applied Machine Learning, Large Language Model, WebDev, Data Analysis, SoftwareDev

Earth Science, Climate Change, Carbon Sequestration, Soil Science, Critical Zone Science, Carbon Cycling, Biogeochemistry

Social Science, Political Science, Public Policy, American Politics, Race and Ethnicity, Social Psychology, Public Opinion, Socialization, Political Behavior, & Political Psychology

Computational Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Microbiology, Microbiome, Undernutrition, Virology, Protein Evolution, Evolutionary Biology, Biochemistry

genetics, genomics, genome organization, adaptive immune system, genome sequencing technologies

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

Entrepreneurship, Business creation, Corporate leadership, Stocks, Financial literacy, Historical topics on business, Investing, Evolution of nutrition,

Human-centered Design, Neuroscience in Technology, Applications of AI in digital product design, Creative Writting