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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.

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Urbashee

Urbashee

PhD

Expertise

Economics, Public Policy, Mathematics, Statistics, Writing, Research

Vera

Vera

PhD candidate

Expertise

Microbiology, Bioinformatics, Genetics

Uday

Uday

PhD candidate

Expertise

Nuclear energy, materials science

Adam

Adam

PhD candidate

Expertise

Theoretical Physics (String Theory, Relativity, Particle Physics)

Humberto

Humberto

PhD candidate

Expertise

Aerospace Engineering

Camille

Camille

PhD candidate

Expertise

AI/ML, AI for Social Good, Social Computing, software and app development,

Eric

Eric

PhD candidate

Expertise

Medical Imaging, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Image Processing

Grayson

Grayson

MS candidate

Expertise

Computer Science theory, particularly complexity theory or algorithms. Also interested in game theory, especially applications of computational methods to microeconomic theory and political science.

Matthew

Matthew

PhD candidate

Expertise

machine learning, neural networks, image classification, text generation, generative modeling

Timothy

Timothy

PhD candidate

Expertise

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

Jeffrey

Jeffrey

PhD candidate

Expertise

Machine Learning

Annika

Annika

PhD candidate

Expertise

Robotics, Systems Engineering; Control Systems; Automation; Aerospace Engineering; Physics; Mechanical Engineering

Tex

Tex

MPA candidate

Expertise

Economic History, Public Policy, Public Administration

Dietrich

Dietrich

PhD candidate

Expertise

Computer Science, Programming Language Design, CPU-GPU Programming/Graphics, Game Development, Algorithms/DSA, HPC (High performance computing)

Kenneth

Kenneth

MSE

Expertise

Mechanical engineering, industrial and systems engineering and math

Priya

Priya

PhD candidate

Expertise

Programming language theory

Jesse

Jesse

PhD candidate

Expertise

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

Soha

Soha

MSE

Expertise

Physics, Robotics, Nuclear Physics Fission/Fusion Energy, Clean Energy, Environmental Science, Nuclear Security, Global Security Questions in Artificial Intelligence/Policy, Nuclear Weapons, Fintech / Finance

Steven

Steven

MS candidate

Expertise

Computer Science programming (python, java), Algebra and General Mathematics, Chemistry and Life Sciences, Photography.

Jack

Jack

PhD candidate

Expertise

Economics and mathematics