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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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Preethy

Preethy

PhD

Expertise

Biology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Educational Equity, Social Justice, Organizational Leadership, Public Speaking, Gender Equality, Race Equality

Arielle

Arielle

PhD candidate

Expertise

neuroscience, nervous system injury and regeneration, cell biology, genomics, bioinformatics,

Briana

Briana

PhD

Expertise

Biology, Cancer Biology, Molecular Biology, Psychology, Scientific Writing, Research Methods

Maitreya

Maitreya

MS

Expertise

Computer science, web development, anything programming related

Rob

Rob

PhD candidate

Expertise

Population Genetics, Mutation, Evolution, Molecular Biology, Biology, Genetics, Molecular Evolution, Statistics, Mutation Accumulation, C. elegans, D. melanogaster, S. cerevisiae

Shenee

Shenee

PhD

Expertise

Neuroscience, Alzheimer's disease, neurodegeneration, sleep disruption, synapse biology, tau pathology, sleep, memory, brain injury, psychology, traumatic brain injury, cognition, learning & memory

Lauren

Lauren

PhD candidate

Expertise

Cell and Molecular Biology

Devi

Devi

Industry expert

Expertise

Applications of neuroimaging in understanding neurocognitive disorders, end-of-life care (i.e. hospice care), learning (from a neurobiological perspective), memory, the intersection of science and society (i.e. topics like nature vs. nurture)

Joseph

Joseph

MS

Expertise

Sport Analytics and Data Science

Chris

Chris

PhD candidate

Expertise

Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Literary Criticism

Caroline

Caroline

MA

Expertise

Music, Marketing, Communications, Media Studies, Anthropology, Ethnography, Leadership, Administration, and Operations

Cody

Cody

PhD

Expertise

Astrodynamics, orbital mechanics, spacecraft trajectory design and navigation, Aerospace Engineering, and robotics

Rosa

Rosa

PhD candidate

Expertise

Neuroscience, Biology

Nashali

Nashali

PhD candidate

Expertise

Neuro-immunology, behavioral neuroscience, depression, antidepressants, Alzheimer’s, gut-brain axis

Hossein

Hossein

PhD

Expertise

Data Science, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Computer Vision, Large Language Models, Natural Language Processing, Cloud computing, Chemical Engineering, Thermodynamic modeling, Process Modeling

Laura

Laura

PhD

Expertise

Neuroscience, Neurodegenerative diseases, Psychology, Cancer biology, Cancer therapeutics, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Scientific communication

Brian

Brian

MD/MS candidate

Expertise

Narrative Medicine, Creative Non-Fiction, Immunology, Biology

Naomi

Naomi

MD candidate

Expertise

developmental psychology, early cognitive development, early language acquisition, gesture and communication, theater and performance studies

Jackie

Jackie

PhD

Expertise

Sport and Performance Psychology, Multicultural counseling, Counseling theories, Social psychology, Positive psychology, Mental health within disenfranchised communities, Wellbeing

Song

Song

MD candidate

Expertise

Medicine, surgery, basic sciences, english, language arts, sociology, art history or fine arts