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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.

Physics
Becca

Becca

MS candidate

Expertise

Observational Astronomy/Astrophysics/Planetary Science/Stellar Astrophysics/Modeling/Theoretical Astrophysics

Fatak

Fatak

Industry expert

Expertise

Aerospace Engineering; Flight Software Design; Modeling and Simulation; Bioastronautics

Sophia

Sophia

MA candidate

Expertise

physics (particle physics, biophysics), history (modern Chinese history, Soviet history, Cold War history, environmental history, intellectual history)

Alistair

Alistair

PhD

Expertise

Physics, Physics Education Research, Science of Learning

Veronica

Veronica

PhD candidate

Expertise

plasma physics, high-power lasers, power electronics, pcb design, intense laser-matter interactions, automated vehicles, policy implications for automated vehicles

Sara

Sara

PhD candidate

Expertise

Astrophysics, solar cells, semiconductor devices, physics, optoelectrical devices

Anne-Katherine

Anne-Katherine

PhD

Expertise

Early Universe Cosmology, particle physics, dark matter

Anirudh

Anirudh

PhD candidate

Expertise

physics, high energy astrophysics, stellar astrophysics, nuclear astrophysics, computational astrophysics. Stellar explosions (e.g. supernovae).

Wyatt

Wyatt

PhD candidate

Expertise

Mathematics, Physics, Mathematical Physics, Coding, Data Analysis. My area of expertise in mathematics is symmetry, and generalized symmetries that arise in mathematical physics.

DaVante

DaVante

PhD candidate

Expertise

Quantum Mechanics, Statistical Mechanics, Machine Learning, Quantum Information

Mary Catherine

Mary Catherine

MEng

Expertise

Quantum physics, quantum computing, podcasting, optics, lasers, photonics, quantum information, presentations, podcasts, drawing, gender studies, acting

Henry

Henry

PhD candidate

Expertise

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

Vik

Vik

DO

Expertise

Middle/High/College Math and Science, Pre-Medicine, Medicine

Akihiro

Akihiro

PhD

Expertise

physics, systems neuroscience, microscopy, neural correlates of behavior

Gabriele

Gabriele

PhD candidate

Expertise

physics (theoretical and observational cosmology, astro-particle physics), mathematics and statistics

David

David

MD/PhD candidate

Expertise

Biology, chemistry, math, statistics, computer science, medicine

Chenan

Chenan

PhD

Expertise

Quantum Physics and Quantum Computing, Artificial Intelligence Applicaiton in Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Statistical Physics, Mathematical Physics

Nicholas

Nicholas

MS

Expertise

Physics, Astrophysics, Stellar Astrophysics: specifically stellar evolution, interior structures of stars, stellar pulsations

Meg

Meg

PhD candidate

Expertise

Materials Sciences/ Applied Physics / Electrical Engineering

Chuck

Chuck

PhD

Expertise

Neuroscience of perception and action, statistics, biology, experiment design and data analysis, technical writing, integrative / multi-disciplinary science