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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.

Economics
Daira

Daira

MPA candidate

Expertise

gender and labor economics, economic policy and research in Latin America

Timothy

Timothy

PhD candidate

Expertise

Economics, Monetary Policy, Behavioral Economics, Game Theory, Econometrics, Forecasting

Taylor

Taylor

MBA candidate

Expertise

General Finance, General Business, Private Equity, Venture Capital, Asset Management

Shannon

Shannon

MS candidate

Expertise

French, International Relations, International Business, Tariffs, International Trade Law

Keana

Keana

PhD

Expertise

social psychology, statistics, economics

Sam

Sam

PhD candidate

Expertise

Film studies + production, American literature, American history, Gender studies, Music

Aaron

Aaron

MBA candidate

Expertise

Data Projects of any type, Business creation/development, Financial Modeling, Writing Project (Book/Article), Strategy (Political or Business).

Brendan

Brendan

PhD candidate

Expertise

Economic inequality, recessions and job loss, impacts of globalization and automation on US labor markets, political economy, 20th century economic history

Yang

Yang

MS

Expertise

City planning, real estate development, transportation, local politics, government and public policy

Alena

Alena

PhD candidate

Expertise

General Economics, Econometrics, Statistics, Microeconomics/Cost-Effectiveness Analysis, Public Economics, Environmental Economics, Development Economics

Jesse

Jesse

PhD candidate

Expertise

Economics (Micro/Macro), Finance, Statistical Analysis, Machine Learning, Economic Philosophy, History of Economic Thought

Montserrat

Montserrat

PhD

Expertise

Statistics, biostatistics, longitudinal analysis, survival analysis, multivariate statistics, binomial analysis, multinomial analysis, quantitative analysis that serves to inform policy change.

Odysseas

Odysseas

PhD candidate

Expertise

Machine learning and maths and finance

Mohith

Mohith

MS

Expertise

Business, Econ, App development, Web Development, AI/ML Algorithm development, other Computer Science areas, High School subjects

Caroline

Caroline

MA

Expertise

Music, Marketing, Communications, Media Studies, Anthropology, Ethnography, Leadership, Administration, and Operations

Janka

Janka

JSD

Expertise

empirical legal studies, research design, and methodology; rule of law; policy impact studies; comparative constitutional law

Matei

Matei

JD candidate

Expertise

law, economics, consulting

Sunny

Sunny

MS candidate

Expertise

intersections of mathematics, applied economics, econometrics, computer science

Ini

Ini

PhD candidate

Expertise

Microeconomics topics (like education, labor markets, etc), data analysis for social science research, public policy analysis

Thor

Thor

PhD

Expertise

Economics, Transportation, Urban Planning, Data Science, Climate Change