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.

Biotech
Morgan

Morgan

PhD

Expertise

Immunology, Molecular Biology, Gene Regulation

Justinne

Justinne

PhD candidate

Expertise

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

Victoria

Victoria

PhD candidate

Expertise

Plant Biology, Molecular Genetics, Genetics, Biochemistry

Nina

Nina

PhD candidate

Expertise

cancer biology, immunology, bioengineering, synthetic biology, virology

Samuel

Samuel

PhD candidate

Expertise

Biophysics, biochemistry, computational biology, protein evolution

Bilgenur

Bilgenur

PhD

Expertise

dna sequencing, environmental science, molecular ecology, bioinformatics

Alexa

Alexa

PhD candidate

Expertise

infectious diseases (esp. tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS), diagnostics (e.g. COVID, breast cancer, tuberculosis), bioanalytical chemistry, single molecule techniques, other topics in biochemical/biomedical research, chemistry related to the ocean

Nikko

Nikko

PhD candidate

Expertise

Bioengineering; Biotechnology; Immunotherapy; Regenerative Medicine; Tissue Engineering

Peter

Peter

PhD candidate

Expertise

Protein/Enzyme Design and Engineering, Genetics, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Molecular Dynamics, Parkinson's Disease, Chemistry, Phage Evolution

Natalie

Natalie

PhD candidate

Expertise

Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Data Science

Steven

Steven

PhD candidate

Expertise

Biology, Biotechnology, Immunology, Cancer Biology, Virology

Aleena

Aleena

PhD

Expertise

Biological Engineering, Developmental Biology, Molecular Biology

Kayla

Kayla

PhD candidate

Expertise

Drug discovery, bioinformatics, enzymes, science communication, the oceans & human health, marine science

Daniel

Daniel

PhD

Expertise

Preparation for Pre-Med or STEM Undergraduate studies. Entrepreneurship and Business. Scientific Research. Data Science and Analytics.

Melanie

Melanie

PhD

Expertise

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

Edward

Edward

PhD candidate

Expertise

Engineering, Biology, Pharmacology, Mathematics, Physics

Poonam

Poonam

PhD

Expertise

Cancer, Molecular Biology, Protein purification, Cell based assays

Sophie

Sophie

PhD candidate

Expertise

cell and molecular biology, genetics, ethics of gene therapy

Emily

Emily

PhD

Expertise

Biology of Aging; Sex Differences; X Chromosome; Alzheimer's Disease; Sleep in Learning and Memory

Chanyoung

Chanyoung

PhD candidate

Expertise

Biology of regeneration and stem cells, cancer biology, general biology