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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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Cayla

Cayla

PhD candidate

Expertise

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

Sam

Sam

Industry expert

Expertise

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.

Michael

Michael

MS

Expertise

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

Micah

Micah

PhD candidate

Expertise

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

Donovan

Donovan

PhD

Expertise

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

Michael

Michael

PhD

Expertise

Education, policy, quantitative research, Python (basics)

Tatiana

Tatiana

PhD

Expertise

Biology; Neuroscience; Cardiovascular; Aging; Health; Stress

Ryan

Ryan

MBA candidate

Expertise

Business

James

James

PhD

Expertise

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

Natalie

Natalie

PhD candidate

Expertise

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

David

David

PhD candidate

Expertise

distributed systems, databases

Peichi

Peichi

EdD

Expertise

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

Margaret

Margaret

MD

Expertise

Asthma, health disparities

David

David

MBA

Expertise

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

Karla

Karla

PhD candidate

Expertise

Genetics and Molecular Biology, Biology.

Eduardo

Eduardo

MS

Expertise

Data Science, Python, SQL

Madeleine

Madeleine

MS

Expertise

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

Evan

Evan

PhD

Expertise

psychology, neuroscience

Ian

Ian

MS candidate

Expertise

Statistics, data science, physics, R coding, mathematics

Abigail

Abigail

PhD

Expertise

Cancer biology, research, translational research