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.

Finance
Karen

Karen

MBA

Expertise

Sports Injuries, Strength & Conditioning, Renewable Energy, ESG/Sustainable/Green Investing

Michael

Michael

MBA candidate

Expertise

Entrepreneurship, Product Management, Management Consulting, Finance, Investment Banking, M&A

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

Denis

Denis

Industry expert

Expertise

Financial Literacy, Economics, Excel Skills, Market Research

Christina

Christina

MA candidate

Expertise

Business fintech, international relations, international experience, foreign languages

Anthony

Anthony

PhD candidate

Expertise

Econometrics & statistics, macroeconomics, economic policy, economic history, finance

Andrew

Andrew

MBA candidate

Expertise

Consulting, Market Research, Private Equity, Financial Valuation

Jesse

Jesse

PhD candidate

Expertise

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

Alberto

Alberto

MA

Expertise

Economics, Statistics, Econometrics, Finance, Mathematics, Accounting

Justin

Justin

Industry expert

Expertise

Corporate Finance, Investments, Business Valuation, Personal Finance

Daniel

Daniel

MS

Expertise

Financial services, humanitarian aid, public policy

Derrick

Derrick

MS candidate

Expertise

Investing (Stocks, Bonds, Real Estate, etc.), Finance, FinTech, Business, Accounting, Equity Research, Algorithmic Trading, Cryptocurrencies, and Blockchain

Jason

Jason

MBA candidate

Expertise

Business, Finance, Investing, Cryptocurrency

Alexander

Alexander

LLM

Expertise

Law (corporate, M&A, Tax); Finance; Writing; Personal Finance

Richard

Richard

PhD

Expertise

materials science, technology commercialization, investing, batteries, financial markets

Aaron

Aaron

MBA candidate

Expertise

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

David

David

MBA

Expertise

Entrepreneurship, Business creation, Corporate leadership, Stocks, Financial literacy, Historical topics on business, Investing, Evolution of nutrition,

Taylor

Taylor

PhD candidate

Expertise

Economics, Finance, Law, Logic, Political Philosophy, U.S. History

Tosen

Tosen

PhD candidate

Expertise

Race and ethnic relations, Culture, Business, Organizational science, social science

Nicholas

Nicholas

MS candidate

Expertise

The application of data science to investment analysis, financial analysis, trading analysis