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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.

AI/ML
Cameron

Cameron

PhD candidate

Expertise

bioengineering, computational biology, computer science, physics, biology

Andrew

Andrew

PhD candidate

Expertise

Multimedia systems, back-end engineering, data compression, computer vision

Josephine

Josephine

PhD candidate

Expertise

Computer Science, Security and Machine Learning, AI, Accessibilty in Computer Science, HCI, Robotics, Art- film photography, visual arts

Sarah

Sarah

MS candidate

Expertise

data science, data analytics, statistics, data visualization, machine learning

Adrian

Adrian

MD/PhD candidate

Expertise

artificial intelligence/machine-learning, neuroscience, computational biology/neuroscience, statistics, cancer, psychiatric illness, reading comprehension, creative and academic writing, essays, applications, computer science

Jim

Jim

MS

Expertise

Any topic in data science (machine learning, applied math, statistics), web development, or chemistry.

Nick

Nick

PhD candidate

Expertise

Analyzing and modeling health-related data from wearables or smart devices; machine learning for healthcare

Daniel

Daniel

MSE

Expertise

Data Science, Machine Learning, Data Engineering, Analytics, Electroencephalography (neuroscience)

Eric

Eric

PhD candidate

Expertise

Medical Imaging, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Image Processing

Melanie

Melanie

PhD

Expertise

Biophysics, bioinformatics, statistics, data science, machine learning, cellular and molecular biology, chemistry

Evan

Evan

MS candidate

Expertise

Machine Learning, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, NLP, Psychology, Cognitive Science

Hirsh

Hirsh

PhD candidate

Expertise

Technology Policy, Web Development, Cyberdefense/Cybersecurity, Election Security

Xiao

Xiao

PhD

Expertise

Cryptography, Machine Learning, Algorithm

Ali Ekin

Ali Ekin

MS candidate

Expertise

Robotics, deep learning, control systems

Asa

Asa

MS

Expertise

Mechanical Engineering, Comp Science, material science, 3D printing, machine-learning , manufacturing

Jeff

Jeff

PhD candidate

Expertise

computer vision for remote sensing, causal inference for climate impacts, machine learning and data science, environmental science, sustainable development, biology, AI/ML, comp sci, data science, data mining, data visualization, Remote Sensing, Computer Vision, climate change

Kevin

Kevin

PhD candidate

Expertise

Computational Neuroscience, mental health, neuroimaging, public health or translational work, and topics regarding racism, sexism, etc.

Efthimios

Efthimios

MS

Expertise

Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing, Data Science

Soha

Soha

MSE

Expertise

Physics, Robotics, Nuclear Physics Fission/Fusion Energy, Clean Energy, Environmental Science, Nuclear Security, Global Security Questions in Artificial Intelligence/Policy, Nuclear Weapons, Fintech / Finance

Imad

Imad

PhD candidate

Expertise

Astronomy: Galaxies, Astronomy:Machine Learning, Astronomy:Data Analysis