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.
Darnell
MBA candidate
Expertise
Finance/Financial Services, Wealth Management, Business (multi-member LLC experience), and Poetry, Creative Writing, Published Art Works
Claire
DVM candidate
Expertise
Veterinary medicine, veterinary pathology, histopathology, veterinary epidemiology, OneHealth
Laura
PhD
Expertise
Neuroscience, Neurodegenerative diseases, Psychology, Cancer biology, Cancer therapeutics, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Scientific communication
Brooke
MFA
Expertise
Creative Writing, Journalism, Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Screenwriting, Playwriting, Composition, Literary Analysis, Pop Culture / Media / Art Commentary and Criticism
Micah
PhD candidate
Expertise
Earth Science, Climate Change, Carbon Sequestration, Soil Science, Critical Zone Science, Carbon Cycling, Biogeochemistry
Jocelyn
MPH
Expertise
public health, community health, early childhood development, maternal and child health
Katy
MA
Expertise
Early and Modern Middle Eastern history, Political Science, Latin American history, Arab and Latin American cinema, feminist cinema, film theory, ethnography, Islamic Studies
Sara
MSW
Expertise
entrepreneurship, business development, social robotics, human-robot interaction, AI ethics, child development, digital wellbeing, technology entrepreneurship
H
JD
Expertise
public interest/social justice, education, criminal law, environmental issues, First Amendment law, critical race studies, gender studies, disability, or anything law/policy
Brian
PhD candidate
Expertise
Political Ethics, Tech Ethics, Political History, American Politics, American Constitutional Law
Nella
PhD
Expertise
Neuroscience, Cellular Biology, viruses, Pharmacology, Addiction, Science Communication, GABA, Dopamine, Neuropharmacology, Substance Abuse, Substance Use Disorders, Neural Circuitry, Mechanisms Underlying Disease, Cellular and molecular biology and developmental biology
Mariame
PhD candidate
Expertise
cancer biology, bioinformatics, data analytics, public health, computer science, biology, coding
Ochuwa
MPH candidate
Expertise
public health, biology, outreach and education, biomedical sciences, environmental sciences, creative and academic writing, applications, essays
Terra
PhD
Expertise
All aspects of quantum computing including quantum error correction and quantum algorithms, interdisciplinary data-driven projects such as those related to bioinformatics, theoretical and computational physics
Samantha
PhD
Expertise
Adolescent development; Psychology and behavior; Applications of neuroimaging; Educational neuroscience and psychology; The neuroscience of sleep and emotion; Social determinants of health; Music and the brain; Memory and learning; Environmental neuroscience; Neurolinguistics; Ethics of neuroscience and AI; Genetics and behavior
Luke
PhD
Expertise
Astrobiology, deep-sea microbiology, environmental microbiology, extremophiles, life in hypersaline environments