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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.

Biology
Margaret

Margaret

MA

Expertise

Geology, Earth Science, Environmental Science, Paleontology, Biology, World Mythology, Theater Design, Education

Julia

Julia

PhD candidate

Expertise

psychology, neuroscience, biology

Sarah

Sarah

PhD candidate

Expertise

Pharmacology, cancer chemotherapies, clinical trials, health disparities

Sierra

Sierra

PhD candidate

Expertise

neuroscience, psychology, biology, music, art, philosophy, meditation, sleep, language/linguistics, mental illnesses, drugs/addiction, and creativity

Margaret

Margaret

PhD

Expertise

Ionizable Lipid Nanoparticles, Nucleic Acid Delivery, Drug Delivery, Bioengineering, Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T cells, Cancer Immunology

Lalita

Lalita

PhD

Expertise

Microbiology [bacteriology and virology], immunology, molecular biology

Josh

Josh

MD/PhD

Expertise

Cardiovascular biology, immunology, cell and molecular biology, cancer biology, epigenetics, cancer, clinical medicine, public health, epidemiology

Justinne

Justinne

PhD

Expertise

Cancer Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Biology, Biotechnology, Data Analysis, tissue engineering, Healthcare, Public Health, Patient Care Perspectives

Natalie

Natalie

MD candidate

Expertise

Global health, human physiology, biology, neuroscience, neurobiology, medicine, surgery

Brenda

Brenda

PhD candidate

Expertise

drug delivery, nanotechnology, event planning, graduate school readiness

Lauren

Lauren

MS candidate

Expertise

Gene editing, Disease Biology, Translational Science, Sensory Neuroscience, molecular biology, Python, Java, cell biology

Jeliyah

Jeliyah

PhD candidate

Expertise

Environmental health, toxicology, biology, and epidemiology

Hannah

Hannah

PhD candidate

Expertise

Space Physiology, Astronaut Health, Anatomy and Physiology, Kinesiology, Neuroscience, Biology, Microbiology

David

David

PhD candidate

Expertise

Biology, Neuroscience, Neurodegenerative Disease, Regeneration, Molecular Biology, Organelle Trafficking (Autophagy and Lysosomes)

Nikhil

Nikhil

PhD candidate

Expertise

Machine Learning, Statistical Learning, Statistical Genetics, Functional Genomics

Erich

Erich

PhD

Expertise

Research, Academic Coaching, Animal Behavior, Ecology, Physiology, Biology, Environmental Science, Zoology, Hummingbird Biology, Ornithology, Writing, Statistics,

Brooke

Brooke

PhD candidate

Expertise

Biomechanics, organismal biology, anatomy, evolutionary biology, ecology

Caitlin

Caitlin

PhD

Expertise

Neuroscience, biology

Rebecca

Rebecca

PhD candidate

Expertise

How to develop novel therapeutics for diseases; Molecular mechanisms behind diseases and cellular processes

Matthew

Matthew

PhD candidate

Expertise

Cognitive neuroscience, memory/Alzheimer’s/dementia; music composition