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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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Dominique

Dominique

PhD

Expertise

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

Uday

Uday

PhD candidate

Expertise

Nuclear energy, materials science

Samantha

Samantha

PhD

Expertise

Psychology, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Neuroscience, Music Psychology, Neurodegeneration,Music Neuroscience, Dance, Hearing Loss, Speech Impairment, Development, Child Psychology, Behavioral Psychology, Music Therapy, Performance, Dance, Movement Therapy, Musical Groove (aka how we move to dance music), Mobile Apps

Sam

Sam

PhD candidate

Expertise

Film studies + production, American literature, History, Economics, Music

Kayla

Kayla

PhD candidate

Expertise

Biomechanics, Kinesiology, Sports Medicine, Exercise Science, Concussion, Lower Extremity Injury, Motor Control

Yilan

Yilan

PhD

Expertise

method development to better understand the disease causes, applications of machine learning/deep learning in biology

Sophia

Sophia

MA candidate

Expertise

physics (particle physics, biophysics), history (modern Chinese history, Soviet history, Cold War history, environmental history, intellectual history)

Arielle

Arielle

PhD candidate

Expertise

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

Stephen

Stephen

MPhil candidate

Expertise

History, Geography, Arabic, Islamic Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Religious Studies

Paia

Paia

Industry expert

Expertise

Psychiatry (specifically developmental), neurobiology/neuroscience, theater (especially theater for young audiences or production)

John Aaron

John Aaron

PhD

Expertise

Neuroinflammation, Stroke, Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Inflammation, Mood Disorders

Daiki

Daiki

MS candidate

Expertise

computer graphics, simulation and animation, 3D art, computer music, music technology, composition, math, physics, signal processing

Karly

Karly

PhD candidate

Expertise

Structural biochemistry

Bruno

Bruno

PhD

Expertise

quantum communication, quantum optics, quantum computing, quantum dynamics, computational materials science, computational physics, machine learning (esp applications to quantum)

Pieter

Pieter

PhD

Expertise

Stem Cell Biology, Tissue Regeneration, Metabolism, Aging, Image Processing

Aleena

Aleena

PhD

Expertise

Biological Engineering, Developmental Biology, Molecular Biology

Micheal

Micheal

PhD

Expertise

Biology, Chemistry, Genetics, Cell and Molecular Biology, Cardiovascular Biology, and Cellular Agriculture,

Adam

Adam

ALM candidate

Expertise

Anything finance related, it's my passion. I would love to get more people interested in investing and business development.

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.

Tyler

Tyler

Industry expert

Expertise

Projects that involve software development/implementation