Math 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.

Math
Nathan

Nathan

PhD candidate

Expertise

Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Optimization. Operations Research, Environmental Engineering, Applied Math

John

John

PhD candidate

Expertise

Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Batteries

Amanda

Amanda

MS

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

Jeff

Jeff

PhD candidate

Expertise

Statistical Analysis, including regression analysis, machine learning, and use of R and Python. Statistical analysis in topics such as politics, physics, chemistry, astronomy, public health, and medicine. Biostatistical Analysis, including longitudinal studies and survival analysis

Henry

Henry

PhD candidate

Expertise

Elementary number theory, analytic number theory, algebraic number theory, root systems

Carly

Carly

PhD

Expertise

coral biology, environmental changes, marine ecosystems, applications of math to ecology, how ocean dynamics affect marine life, how organisms specialize for their environments, how hybridization affects the potential of species, using models to connect to real-world systems, interactions of social factors and the environment, spatial statistics projects, symbiosis, landscape genetics, microbial interactions

Ayah

Ayah

MSE candidate

Expertise

Mathematics (algebra, pre-calc & calc), Advanced Mathematics (differential equations, linear algebra), applications and concepts in Electrical Engineering, Probability and Data Science

William

William

PhD candidate

Expertise

Pure Mathematics: Algebraic Geometry, Abstract Algebra, or Real Analysis

Richard

Richard

MA

Expertise

Mathematics

bu

bu

PhD

Expertise

Survey research, Statistics, Quantitative research, Data analysis, Data Visualization, Business Intelligence

Garret

Garret

JD

Expertise

Finance, Law, Corporate Finance, Statistics

Shinya

Shinya

MS

Expertise

Applied Physics, Applied Math, Mechanical Engineering, Data Science, and Machine Learning

Meha

Meha

MPH candidate

Expertise

Immunology or Public Health

Helena

Helena

Industry expert

Expertise

Mathematics, Music, Linguistics

Surabhi

Surabhi

MS

Expertise

Statistics, Mathematics, Data Analysis

Jerry

Jerry

PhD

Expertise

Robotics, Machine Learning, Generative AI, Quantitative Finance, Sustainability, CleanTech, Computer Science

Andrew

Andrew

PhD candidate

Expertise

Computer Science and Math.

Lindsey

Lindsey

MS candidate

Expertise

Mathematics, Computing

Emily

Emily

PhD candidate

Expertise

Theoretical computer science (algorithms & game theory), discrete mathematics, data science, organic chemistry

Parker

Parker

PhD candidate

Expertise

Observational Astrophysics, Computational Astrophysics, Exoplanets, High Contrast imaging, Stellar Nucleosynthesis, Quantum Physics, Quantum Computing