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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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Dilyara

Dilyara

PhD

Expertise

Middle East, Russian history, Islam, colonialism, legal studies, law, world history, European history, digital humanities

Michael

Michael

Industry expert

Expertise

Culinary Arts, Business Strategy & Management Consulting, Biology, Creative Fiction and Non-Fiction writing

David

David

PhD candidate

Expertise

distributed systems, databases

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

Tara

Tara

PhD

Expertise

AI/tech policy, international security (including arms control/nonproliferation), democracy and authoritarianism, human rights, political violence, U.S. foreign policy, international relations, gender, U.S. government. I am pretty open to working with students to make their project work for them,

Shomik

Shomik

PhD candidate

Expertise

Renewable energy (solar), heat transfer, computational materials science

Rosa

Rosa

PhD candidate

Expertise

Neuroscience, Biology

Alison

Alison

MSW

Expertise

Government, Social Work, Health Policy, Hispanic Studies, Public Health, Education Policy, Rural Health Care

Shannon

Shannon

PhD

Expertise

Parenting, MRI analysis, fNIRS, substance use, mental health, emotion, statistics

Matthew

Matthew

PhD candidate

Expertise

Graphic design, data science, sustainability, participatory design, information design, sound design, film making, photography, creative writing, user experience design

Melanie

Melanie

MS

Expertise

Human Biology, pre-medicine, and healthcare management

Alyson

Alyson

MS

Expertise

Food Systems, Gastronomy, Innovative solutions for climate change, humanistic approach to design, Wicked Problems, Regenerative Agriculture, Gastronomic design,

Darnell

Darnell

MBA candidate

Expertise

Finance/Financial Services, Wealth Management, Business (multi-member LLC experience), and Poetry, Creative Writing, Published Art Works

Shyam

Shyam

MBA

Expertise

Finance, Fintech, Derivatives Trading, Commodities and currency trading, Energy Trading, Investments, Wealth management, Startups, Fundraising, Entrepreneurship

Magdalena

Magdalena

MTS

Expertise

Medical Anthropology, Anthropology of South America, Social Sciences

Andrew

Andrew

PhD candidate

Expertise

Social Psychology, stereotypes and prejudice, goals and motivation., diversity science

Freddy

Freddy

MD/PhD

Expertise

Cancer, optics, imaging, nanotechnology, engineering, chemistry, electrical engineering, chemical engineering, bioengineering, biomedical engineering, pathology, laboratory medicine, transfusion medicine

Erica

Erica

EdM

Expertise

Education, specifically in secondary education for mathematics

Parisa

Parisa

DMA

Expertise

Acoustic and electroacoustic music composition; Music Entrepreneurship; Music Production; Music Theory, Sound Design/Introduction to DAWs

Kiara

Kiara

PhD candidate

Expertise

Psychology