Computer Science 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.

Computer Science
Adrian

Adrian

MD/PhD candidate

Expertise

artificial intelligence/machine-learning, neuroscience, computational biology/neuroscience, statistics, cancer, psychiatric illness, reading comprehension, creative and academic writing, essays, applications, computer science

Andrew

Andrew

PhD candidate

Expertise

Multimedia systems, back-end engineering, data compression, computer vision

Amanda

Amanda

MS candidate

Expertise

combinatorics, graph theory, algebra, math but make it girlypop, girlypop but make it math, co-opting math content from one area and using it in wildly incompatible (but not really) areas

Eduardo

Eduardo

MS candidate

Expertise

Data Science, Python, SQL

Nathaniel

Nathaniel

MS

Expertise

Environmental Engineering/ Nuclear engineering/ Mechanical engineering/ Computer programming/Music/3D modeling/ Robotics

Emir

Emir

Industry expert

Expertise

Computer Sciences

Cody

Cody

Industry expert

Expertise

Music, Film Scoring

David

David

MS

Expertise

Software engineering (Embedded, application); Electronics engineering, robotics and control

christa

christa

PhD

Expertise

computational genomics, bioinformatics, epigenetics, neurological diseases, health data science, machine learning for health data

Annamarie

Annamarie

PhD candidate

Expertise

Cancer biology, medical science and physiology, understanding human disease, scientific writing and education

Mariel

Mariel

PhD

Expertise

Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, and Math

Xiao

Xiao

PhD

Expertise

Cryptography, Machine Learning, Algorithm

Tony

Tony

PhD candidate

Expertise

Robotics, aerodynamics, system design, drones, structures, programming, computer vision

Camille

Camille

PhD candidate

Expertise

AI/ML, AI for Social Good, Social Computing, software and app development,

Jacob

Jacob

MS

Expertise

Plasma Physics, Magnetic Reconnection, x-rays, atomic physics, Plasma Diagnostics

Faisal

Faisal

PhD

Expertise

computer science, data science, machine learning, blockchain, cloud computing, web applications, Internet of Things

Dante

Dante

PhD candidate

Expertise

Neuroscience, Computational Neuroscience, RNA-SEQ, Bioinformatics

Jim

Jim

MS

Expertise

Any topic in data science (machine learning, applied math, statistics), web development, or chemistry.

Karan

Karan

MS

Expertise

Computer Science, Software Development, Data Structures & Algorithms, Computer Architecture, Operating Systems, Embedded Systems, Computer Networking

William

William

Industry expert

Expertise

Data Science, Data Analysis and Software Development with a focus on data reporting and management