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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.

Quantitative
Amin

Amin

PhD candidate

Expertise

Membrane separation/membrane synthesis, online scheduling and optimization, reaction chemistry, heat/mass transport, and thermodynamics.

Richard

Richard

MA

Expertise

Mathematics

Tosen

Tosen

PhD candidate

Expertise

Racial and ethnic relations, Culture, Business, Organizational science, social science

Imma

Imma

PhD candidate

Expertise

Sociology, immigration, environment, gender, sexuality, activism, social justice, politics

Wicia

Wicia

PhD candidate

Expertise

social psychology, person perception, inequality, socioeconomic status, social network analysis, text analysis, mental health, well-being,

Carolyn

Carolyn

PhD candidate

Expertise

Health Communication, Science Communication, Environmental Communication, Persuasion & Rhetoric, Public Speaking

Adarsh

Adarsh

MS candidate

Expertise

Space Science, Physics, Satellites, Engineering, Public Speaking, Research

Alex

Alex

PhD candidate

Expertise

Mathematics

Aaron

Aaron

MBA candidate

Expertise

Data Projects of any type, Business creation/development, Financial Modeling, Writing Project (Book/Article), Strategy (Political or Business).

Eddie

Eddie

MBA

Expertise

Engineering, Business, Renewable Energy, Energy, Technology, Startups

Huixin (Echo)

Huixin (Echo)

PhD

Expertise

community development (housing, sustainability, public transit, etc.), government policy, civic engagement, economics

Adi

Adi

MS

Expertise

Data Science, AI, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Sports Analytics, AI Fairness, Natural Language Processing

Caroline

Caroline

PhD

Expertise

accounting, innovation, finance

Clare

Clare

PhD candidate

Expertise

adolescent brain and behavioral development, puberty, well-being

Thor

Thor

PhD

Expertise

Economics, Transportation, Urban Planning, Data Science, Climate Change

Lei

Lei

PhD

Expertise

mental health among Asian international and Asian American college students, bilingual (Mandarin/English) counseling, research methods and designs, blog/vlog/podcast creation

Vladimir

Vladimir

PhD

Expertise

Constructive Mathematical Methods in Economics

Kris

Kris

PhD candidate

Expertise

Social Sciences, Sociology, Education, Public Policy, Statistics

Dominique

Dominique

PhD

Expertise

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

Samantha

Samantha

PhD candidate

Expertise

Marine biology, conservation biology, and international development