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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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Samantha

Samantha

PhD

Expertise

Adolescent development; Psychology and behavior; Applications of neuroimaging; Educational neuroscience and psychology; The neuroscience of sleep and emotion; Social determinants of health; Music and the brain; Memory and learning; Environmental neuroscience; Neurolinguistics; Ethics of neuroscience and AI; Genetics and behavior

Yoelkys

Yoelkys

MD/PhD

Expertise

Microbiology and Infectious disease, the social determinants of health for infectious diseases, sustainable healthcare interventions, psychiatry and psychology, global mental health

Adrienne

Adrienne

PhD

Expertise

Emotions, Body Awareness, Neuroscience, Adversity, Stress, Social Psychology, Emotion Development, Experimental Design, Statistical Analysis

Drew

Drew

PhD

Expertise

Social psychology, consumer psychology, marketing, humor, comedy, influence & persuasion, authenticity, human-AI interaction, creativity, happiness, positive emotions, pride, misinformation, metacognition, social influence, conformity, person perception

AARTI

AARTI

PhD candidate

Expertise

developmental psychology, cognitive development, STEM education

Dan

Dan

PhD candidate

Expertise

Sociology, Education, Social Psychology

Manny

Manny

PhD candidate

Expertise

Clinical psychology, mental health research, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, treatment implementation and dissemination

Julia

Julia

PhD candidate

Expertise

social, cognitive and language development, developmental psychology

Aili

Aili

PhD

Expertise

Social Psychology, Psychology Research Methods, Statistics

Ibitayo

Ibitayo

MBA/PhD candidate

Expertise

Social Psychology, Behavioral Science, Judgement and Decision-making,

Elyssa

Elyssa

Industry expert

Expertise

Psychoacoustics, Cognitive science and musicology, Research fundamentals, Music Theory and Syntax, Neurodiversity and Learning.

Alexa

Alexa

PhD candidate

Expertise

social psychology, developmental psychology, cognition, morality, moral character, mind perception, cancel culture, speciesism, vegetarianism, nature vs. nurture, intergroup cognition, group decisions, LGBT experiences

Liz

Liz

PhD candidate

Expertise

neuroscience (behavior, social behavior, computational neuroscience, hypothalamus, development), mental health

Jennifer

Jennifer

PhD candidate

Expertise

Political psychology, Political behavior, Public opinion, Political Science, American Politics, Survey research, Social networks, GIS in R, R programming, Text as data, Machine Learning, Data visualization, Data science

Jean

Jean

PhD candidate

Expertise

Psychology, sociology, effective writing and presentation skills

Taylor

Taylor

PhD

Expertise

Social Psychology, Positive Psychology, Emotions, Health, Well-being, Social Relationships, Prosocial Behavior, Culture, Social Class, Economic Inequality, Political Polarization

Elizabeth

Elizabeth

PhD candidate

Expertise

Any subfield in psychology

Tara-Marie

Tara-Marie

PhD

Expertise

Education, Public Policy, Racial Inequality, Math

Breanna

Breanna

MPH

Expertise

Public Health, Psychology, Sociology, Politics

Phoebe

Phoebe

PhD candidate

Expertise

Public Health, Health Behavior, Unhealthy Product Marketing, Retail Environments, Nutrition Policy, Alcohol Policy, Tobacco Policy