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.

Celeste

Celeste

DVM

Expertise

biology, microbiology, physiology, medicine, python

Zan-En

Zan-En

MSE candidate

Expertise

Research, finance, commercial real estate, coding and data science

Ava

Ava

PhD candidate

Expertise

Physics, astrophysics, galaxy evolution, observational astrophysics, computational astrophysics

Kimi

Kimi

PhD candidate

Expertise

human-computer interaction, social media, tech ethics, AI ethics, privacy, UX design, computer science, social psychology, cognitive psychology

Jon

Jon

PhD candidate

Expertise

Mechanical engineering, dynamics, physics, biomechanics, assistive devices, device design, machine learning, deep learning, movement disorders, promoting healthy movement

Kimmy

Kimmy

MS

Expertise

Artificial Intelligence, Statistics, Data Science, Poetry.

Debora

Debora

PhD candidate

Expertise

Nuclear physics, nuclear astrophysics, particle physics, compact objects (neutron stars, black holes etc), data analytics, AI/ML

Tony

Tony

MSE candidate

Expertise

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

Darrell

Darrell

PhD candidate

Expertise

Bioinformatics, Immunology, Genetics, Computational Biology, Environmental Science, Water Treatment, Aviation Safety, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Statistics, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Physics

Jeremy

Jeremy

PhD

Expertise

chemistry, physics, machine learning, computational modeling, programming, quantum chemistry

Nick

Nick

MSE

Expertise

Machine learning, web development, python, computer vision

Nikhil

Nikhil

PhD candidate

Expertise

Machine Learning, Statistical Learning, Statistical Genetics, Functional Genomics

Pratik

Pratik

Industry expert

Expertise

App development using Flutter, iOS and Android

Hayden

Hayden

PhD candidate

Expertise

AI/ML/NLP; statistics; computational social science; data science

Michael

Michael

MS

Expertise

Applied Machine Learning, AI (Computer Vision), Python GameDev, WebDev, Data Analysis, SoftwareDev

Shomik

Shomik

PhD candidate

Expertise

Renewable energy (solar), heat transfer, computational materials science

Garrett

Garrett

PhD candidate

Expertise

machine learning (especially reinforcement learning and meta-learning); robotics, Computer Science, reinforcement learning, AI/ML, deep learning, math

Irvane

Irvane

MS candidate

Expertise

French, Java Programming, Bioengineering, biomedical imaging,

Gaurab

Gaurab

MS candidate

Expertise

Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, Deep Learning

Nehemie

Nehemie

PhD candidate

Expertise

Various topics in chemical and materials engineering, polymer science, 2D materials, graphene, computer science, data visualization