Biotech Research Program Mentors for High School Students | Polygence
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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.

Biotech
BIlal

BIlal

PhD

Expertise

Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, & Neuroscience

Busola

Busola

PhD

Expertise

cancer biology, medicine, biology, strategy, project management, literature review, slide development, slide presentation

Teryn

Teryn

PhD candidate

Expertise

Entrepreneurship, Startups, Venture Capital, Business, Project Management, Neurobiology. I will coach you on creating a pitch deck for your startup idea and will connect you to funding opportunities in my network.

Laura

Laura

MS

Expertise

Marine Biology, Coral Reef Ecology, Coral Reef Restoration, Biological Oceanography, Marine Ecology

Zack

Zack

MBA candidate

Expertise

Engineering, Management Consulting

Ryan

Ryan

PhD candidate

Expertise

biology, biotech, genetics, computational biology, bioinformatics

Luke

Luke

PhD candidate

Expertise

Astrobiology, deep-sea microbiology, environmental microbiology, extremophiles, life in hypersaline environments

Lauren

Lauren

MS candidate

Expertise

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

Mina

Mina

PhD candidate

Expertise

Biology, Biomedical Sciences, Bioengineering, Biomedical Engineering

Aleena

Aleena

PhD

Expertise

Biological Engineering, Developmental Biology, Molecular Biology

Darwin

Darwin

PhD

Expertise

Biology, STEM, Oncology, pharma / biotech

Victoria

Victoria

PhD

Expertise

Chemistry, Biology, Life Sciences, Research, Communication, Consulting,Cancer,Entrepreneurship

Natalie

Natalie

PhD

Expertise

Electrical engineering - applied physics. Specifically electromagnetic wave-matter interactions and nanotechnology

Keith

Keith

MD/PhD candidate

Expertise

Molecular Biology, AI genetics, chemistry, developmental biology, Coding

Preethy

Preethy

PhD

Expertise

Biology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Educational Equity, Social Justice, Organizational Leadership, Public Speaking, Gender Equality, Race Equality

Andrew

Andrew

PhD candidate

Expertise

Biochemistry, biomaterials, nanochemistry, English literature

Ashley

Ashley

PhD candidate

Expertise

Designing, engineering, and testing cancer immunotherapies, biological and bioengineering research

Shayda

Shayda

PhD

Expertise

Projects that approach medicine and modeling from a biosensor research perspective.

Chanyoung

Chanyoung

PhD

Expertise

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

Hana

Hana

PhD

Expertise

Computational/Theoretical Biological Physics