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.
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
Elyssa
Industry expert
Expertise
Psychoacoustics, Cognitive science and musicology, Research fundamentals, Music Theory and Syntax, Neurodiversity and Learning.
Liz
PhD candidate
Expertise
neuroscience (behavior, social behavior, computational neuroscience, hypothalamus, development), mental health
Lee
PhD
Expertise
empathy, prosocial behavior, social psychology, developmental psychology, persuasion and influence, leadership
Taylor
PhD
Expertise
Social Psychology, Positive Psychology, Emotions, Health, Well-being, Meditation, Social Relationships, Prosocial Behavior, Culture, Social Class, Economic Inequality, Political Polarization
Donovan
PhD
Expertise
Social Science, Political Science, Public Policy, American Politics, Race and Ethnicity, Social Psychology, Public Opinion, Socialization, Political Behavior, & Political Psychology
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
Manny
PhD candidate
Expertise
Clinical psychology, mental health research, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, treatment implementation and dissemination
Samantha
PhD
Expertise
Psychology, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Neuroscience, Music Psychology, Neurodegeneration,Music Neuroscience, Dance, Hearing Loss, Speech Impairment, Development, Child Psychology, Behavioral Psychology, Music Therapy, Performance, Dance, Movement Therapy, Musical Groove (aka how we move to dance music), Mobile Apps
Adrienne
PhD
Expertise
Emotions, Body Awareness, Neuroscience, Adversity, Stress, Social Psychology, Emotion Development, Experimental Design, Statistical Analysis
Macrina
PhD
Expertise
Psychology, social psychology, cognitive psychology, neuroscience, political psychology
Ibitayo
MBA/PhD candidate
Expertise
Social Psychology, Behavioral Science, Judgement and Decision-making,
Sarah
PhD candidate
Expertise
Health psychology; psychosocial oncology; social psychology; statistics
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