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.
Holly
PhD
Expertise
Water treatment, nanotechnology, environmental justice, environmental engineering, green chemistry, green engineering, environmental policy, sustainable materials
Bhairavy
PhD candidate
Expertise
biomedical engineering/sciences, oncology, immunology, tissue engineering, regenerative medicine
Henry
PhD candidate
Expertise
Electrical Engineering, Circuit Design, Electricity and Magnetism, Integrated Circuits, Integrated Photonics
Ashwyn
PhD candidate
Expertise
Plasma Physics, Aerospace, Mechanical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Computational Fluid Dynamics
Nate
PhD candidate
Expertise
Aerospace Robotics, Autonomous Systems, Control Systems, Guidance, Navigation & Control (GNC)
Jai'La
MS candidate
Expertise
Engineering, Computer Aided Design (CAD), human robot interaction, assistive robots, resume help/interview tips
Diya
MEng
Expertise
Engineering, mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, engineering mathematics, computational engineering, project management, machine learning for mechanical engineering, theory of constraints, capacity planning, flow optimization
Margaret
MBA candidate
Expertise
MBA, Supply Chain Operations, Chemical Engineering, Film Production
Taylor
PhD
Expertise
Cancer biology, cell signaling, systems biology, cancer cell heterogeneity, biomedical engineering
Yohely
MS
Expertise
biochemistry, bioengineering, human diseases, disease treatment, genetics, DNA/RNA, bacterial culture, anti microbial resistance, genetic sequencing, microbial testing
Ahmed
PhD
Expertise
Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Design, Tribology, Material Science, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Design Optimization, Modelling and Simulation, Techno-economic Analysis, Computer-Aided Design, MATLAB, PYTHON, CFD, SolidWorks, ANSYS, Technical Sales, Marketing, and Project Management.
James
PhD candidate
Expertise
Plasma-assisted catalysis, sustainable chemicals production, renewable energy research
Lananh
PhD candidate
Expertise
Gene therapy, Organ-on-chip, regenerative medicine, precision medicine, molecular biology, immunology, microbiology, biomaterials, tissue engineering
Nick
PhD candidate
Expertise
Aerospace engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Business
Henry
PhD candidate
Expertise
robotics, machine learning/data science, philosophy, photography, organismal/mathematical biology
