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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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Ashley

Ashley

PhD candidate

Expertise

Molecular and Cellular Biology, Genetics & Genomics, Plant Biology, Immunology, Environmental Biology, Microbiology

Cody

Cody

Industry expert

Expertise

Music, Film Scoring

Dominique

Dominique

PhD

Expertise

Research, Social Science, Gender Studies, Intersectionality, Applied Statistics, Data Science, Equality and Diversity

David

David

MBA

Expertise

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

Laurie

Laurie

MA

Expertise

reading for comprehension, writing for clarity, research and college-level compositions,

Tamara

Tamara

PhD candidate

Expertise

biology, medicine, neuroscience, Bioinformatics, Writing, Data science and AI for health and medicine, applications of neuroimaging, Genetics, Neuroscience, Neuroimaging, data visualization using real datasets, Precision medicine and the future of healthcare

Funmi

Funmi

PhD

Expertise

gender-based violence prevention and intervention; global health; public health; racial disparities in programs and health outcomes; program evaluation, culturally-responsive approaches to teaching, policy advocacy, community-based research methods

Manny

Manny

PhD candidate

Expertise

Clinical psychology, mental health research, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, treatment implementation and dissemination

Marisa

Marisa

EdM

Expertise

action research on social justice education reform, critical reflection self-studies, environmental impact studies, projects that integrate various aspects of racialized opportunity gaps such as environmental justice, education, and education policies, the complex interplay between politics, religion, and power, music education

Zion

Zion

MBA candidate

Expertise

Business Development Consulting

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

Jean

Jean

PhD candidate

Expertise

Psychology, sociology, effective writing and presentation skills

Caitlin

Caitlin

PsyD candidate

Expertise

General Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Health Psychology

Emir

Emir

Industry expert

Expertise

Computer Sciences

Jonathan

Jonathan

PhD

Expertise

Japanese history and literature, German history, comparative history, history of the Second World War, history of social movements, history of science and technology, environmental history

Kyle

Kyle

PhD

Expertise

Energy storage, climate change, heat transfer

Lucas

Lucas

PhD candidate

Expertise

chemical engineering, drug delivery, nanotechnology, chemistry, physics, materials science, computer science, machine learning

Mackenzie

Mackenzie

MS

Expertise

Environmental Sciences (agriculture, plant biology, ecology, etc), Arts - dance or creative writing, Business Topics, and Sustainability of environmental, social, and economic topics. Solar energy development as well.

Kate

Kate

MBA candidate

Expertise

Business, Finance, Sports & Entertainment Industry, Marketing, Strategy, Business Development, Management Consulting

Ava

Ava

PhD

Expertise

Physics, astrophysics, galaxy evolution, observational astrophysics, computational astrophysics