Armen
PhD candidate
Expertise
Clinical (i.e., abnormal) psychology, child psychology, developmental psychopathology, cognitive development, research methods, basic statistics (e.g., ANOVA, regression)
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.
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Gabrielle
MS
Expertise
Neuroscience, Kinesiology, Healthcare, Public Health, Physical Rehabilitation
Elizabeth
PhD candidate
Expertise
Clinical psychology, neuropsychology, trauamtic brain injury, creative writing
Melissa
MA candidate
Expertise
Pregnancy, stress physiology, sleep health, longitudinal studies, actigraphy
Ronald
Industry expert
Expertise
Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science, Philosophy, Psychology, Physics, Neuroscience
Andrea (Andi)
MS candidate
Expertise
Psychology, Public Health, Child Development [atypical or typical development], Family Dynamics, mental health
Brenda
PhD candidate
Expertise
drug delivery, nanotechnology, event planning, graduate school readiness
Natalie
PhD candidate
Expertise
Music Theory; Music Cognition; Music Psychology; Linguistics; Media Studies
Rachel
PhD candidate
Expertise
Neuropsychology, aging, dementia, neurodegeneration, neuroanatomy, transgenic animal models, histopathology, applying to graduate school
david
EdD
Expertise
developmental psychology, early language and literacy, parent-child interactions, community support for early development
Nabila
PhD candidate
Expertise
Psychology-mental health and well-being. Examining developmental populations, and themes of race/racism, poverty, the family, school, and community contexts. Mindfulness and academic trajectories for kids and youth.
Kiara
PhD
Expertise
mental health counseling, trauma and resiliency, race-related stress and racial trauma, gender-affirming mental health treatment, qualitative research skills,
Julia
PhD candidate
Expertise
social, cognitive and language development, developmental psychology
Sweyta
PhD
Expertise
systems neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, cognitive psychology, addiction, neurodegeneration, psychiatric disorders, MATLAB programming, biostatistics
Jenna
MA
Expertise
Mental Health Counselling, Trauma, Religion and Spirituality, Anxiety and Depression, Entrepreneurship and Leadership
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
Molly
PhD
Expertise
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
Katie
PhD
Expertise
cognitive psychology, learning, technology
Jobie
DMD candidate
Expertise
Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurobiology, Biotechnology, Dentistry, MedicineEntrepreneurialism, Dentistry, Medicine, Human Development, Organizational Behavior
Edward
Industry expert
Expertise
Neurobiology, behavior science, psychology