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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.

Philosophy
Jacques

Jacques

PhD candidate

Expertise

history of science, philosophy of science, neuropharmacology, neuroscience of interoception, cognitive science, computational neuroscience

Brian

Brian

PhD candidate

Expertise

Political Ethics, Tech Ethics, Political History, American Politics, American Constitutional Law

Kristina

Kristina

MS candidate

Expertise

Anything involving the mind, brain, and behavior

Stephen

Stephen

MPhil candidate

Expertise

History, Geography, Arabic, Islamic Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Religious Studies

Judson

Judson

PhD candidate

Expertise

Ancient Philosophy, Theology, Biblical Studies, Art & Faith, Church History

Madeline

Madeline

PhD

Expertise

social psychology, developmental psychology, moral psychology, artificial intelligence

Henry

Henry

PhD candidate

Expertise

robotics, machine learning/data science, philosophy, photography, organismal/mathematical biology

Will

Will

PhD candidate

Expertise

philosophy of language (and linguistics), cognitive science (especially neuroscience and psychology), environmental ethics, ethics of artificial intelligence

Alexander

Alexander

PhD

Expertise

Clinical psychology, geropsychology, mental health, health psychology, sleep, research methods & statistics,

Kelley

Kelley

MSW candidate

Expertise

East Asian Philosophy, East Asian History, English, Creative Writing, Literature, Art Analysis, Music Analysis, History, Philosophy, Aesthetics, Psychology

Arnel Blake

Arnel Blake

PhD

Expertise

Epistemology, feminist philosophy, philosophy of language, philosophy of psychology, and philosophy of science

Grace

Grace

PhD candidate

Expertise

cancer biology, single-cell RNA sequencing analysis in R

Daniel

Daniel

PhD

Expertise

Philosophy, Philosophy of AI, Epistemology, Ethics, Social Philosophy

Douglas

Douglas

MA

Expertise

Literature, Poetry, Game Studies, Psychology, Philosophy (especially existentialism), Critical/Cultural Theory, and Arts

Miwa

Miwa

PhD

Expertise

Bioethics, genetics, genomics, gene editing, evolution, population genetics

Thomas

Thomas

JD candidate

Expertise

Contemporary/comparative legal responses to emergencies; legal and geopolitical ramifications of the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Janos

Janos

PhD

Expertise

Quantum Optics, Quantum Computing, Electromagnetic Cloaking

Will

Will

PhD candidate

Expertise

Ethics, Political Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Interdisciplinary Work with Philosophy and the social sciences, Writing for the Humanities, philosophical ideas in film and literature

Elisabeth

Elisabeth

PhD candidate

Expertise

Ethics, Epistemology, Aesthetics, Philosophy of Mind, History (American Civics, Government, Political Theory), Communications, Writing for Broadcast, Journalism, Video Art, Video Production, Creative Writing

Chang

Chang

MPhil candidate

Expertise

Philosophy, Political Theory, Comparative Literature, Journalism