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.

Joaquin

Joaquin

PhD

Expertise

Civil Engineering, Structural protective systems, Structural Impacts

Dominique

Dominique

PhD

Expertise

Research, Social Science, Gender Studies, Intersectionality, Applied Statistics, Data Science, Equality and Diversity

Richard

Richard

PhD

Expertise

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

Emily

Emily

MA

Expertise

Linguistics, Computational Analysis

Frank

Frank

PhD candidate

Expertise

Economics, Python, Optimization, Engineering

Nate

Nate

PhD candidate

Expertise

Aerospace Robotics, Autonomous Systems, Control Systems, Guidance, Navigation & Control (GNC)

Christopher

Christopher

PhD candidate

Expertise

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology; Computational Modelling; Biology of Aging

Arij

Arij

PhD

Expertise

Neuroscience, Mathematics, Computer Programming, Dynamical Systems Analysis, Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations, Computational Neuroscience, Computational Physiology, Python, Matlab, Java

Mark

Mark

PhD candidate

Expertise

Foundations of data science, machine learning, mathematics, probability, statistics

Tex

Tex

MPA candidate

Expertise

Economic History

Serena

Serena

PhD candidate

Expertise

medical imaging, darkfield x-ray, image processing

Robert

Robert

PhD

Expertise

Physics, Optics, Quantum Mechanics, Math, Sports Analytics, Scientific Writing, Science Communication

Mohit

Mohit

MSE

Expertise

Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics

Jessica

Jessica

PhD candidate

Expertise

genomics, data science, machine learning, reproducible research, coding in R/bash/python

Alex

Alex

PhD candidate

Expertise

Mathematics

Vera

Vera

PhD candidate

Expertise

Microbiology, Bioinformatics, Genetics

Camille

Camille

PhD candidate

Expertise

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

Edward

Edward

PhD candidate

Expertise

Engineering, Biology, Pharmacology, Mathematics, Physics

Shaun

Shaun

MS candidate

Expertise

Mechatronics, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Computer Science

Emma

Emma

PhD candidate

Expertise

Math, Data science, Math modeling, Statistics, Theoretical mathematics, Computer science