Cognitive 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.

Cognitive
Jenna

Jenna

MA

Expertise

Mental Health Counselling, Trauma, Religion and Spirituality, Anxiety and Depression, Entrepreneurship and Leadership

Jessica

Jessica

PhD

Expertise

Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia, cognitive and behavioral therapy

Kathy

Kathy

PhD

Expertise

Adolescent brain development; learning and decision making; developmental cognitive neuroscience; social motivation

David

David

PhD

Expertise

neural signal processing, data science and statistics, AI/ML for medical applications

Ana

Ana

MS

Expertise

Biology, Neuroscience, Epidemiology, Neuroepidemiology, Social and Behavioral Epidemiology, Developmental Psychology, Behavioral Psychology

Alexa

Alexa

PhD candidate

Expertise

social psychology, developmental psychology, cognition, morality, moral character, mind perception, cancel culture, speciesism, vegetarianism, nature vs. nurture, intergroup cognition, group decisions, LGBT experiences

Shannon

Shannon

PhD

Expertise

child development, developmental psychology, child language development, parent-child interactions

Jianna

Jianna

MD candidate

Expertise

Neuroscience-Systems & Circuits, Medicine, Social Neuroscienc

Julia

Julia

PhD candidate

Expertise

psychology, neuroscience, biology

Jhah

Jhah

PhD candidate

Expertise

Neuropsychiatric disorders, neurodevelopment disorders, neurodegeneration

Alexandra

Alexandra

PhD candidate

Expertise

Molecular Neuroscience, with an emphasis in biochemistry and structural biology

Courtney

Courtney

PhD

Expertise

psychology, memory, decision-making, eyewitness testimony, cognitive neuroscience

Molly

Molly

PhD

Expertise

Clinical Psychology, Neuropsychology (i.e., study of brain-behavior relationship), aging and dementia (e.g., Alzheimer's disease), older adults and healthy aging, cross-cultural clinical assessments

Kayla

Kayla

PhD candidate

Expertise

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

Jobie

Jobie

DMD candidate

Expertise

Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurobiology, Biotechnology, Dentistry, MedicineEntrepreneurialism, Dentistry, Medicine, Human Development, Organizational Behavior

Amalia

Amalia

PhD candidate

Expertise

Cognitive Science; Developmental Psychology; Computational Modeling; Scientific and Creative Writing; Literature; Film

Salvador

Salvador

PhD

Expertise

Systems and Behavioral Neuroscience, Molecular Neuroscience, Fear and Anxiety Neuroscience Research

Kristina

Kristina

MS candidate

Expertise

Anything involving the mind, brain, and behavior

Jacqueline

Jacqueline

PhD

Expertise

Immunology, Ecology, Behavioral Sciences, Neuroimmunology, neurodegenerative disease, philosophy of immunology

david

david

EdD

Expertise

developmental psychology, early language and literacy, parent-child interactions, community support for early development