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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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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

Samantha

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

Gladys

Gladys

PhD candidate

Expertise

Environmental Economics, Industrial Organization

Garret

Garret

JD

Expertise

Finance, Law, Corporate Finance, Statistics

Samuel

Samuel

PhD

Expertise

neuroscience with a focus on neural systems, pain, and pharmacology

Flor

Flor

PhD candidate

Expertise

Counseling psychology; immigrant and refugee mental health; attitudes of discrimination and prejudice; English as a second language.

Ronit

Ronit

MD candidate

Expertise

Public health, biotech, medicine, data science, statistics, public policy

Andrew

Andrew

PhD candidate

Expertise

Social Psychology, stereotypes and prejudice, goals and motivation., diversity science

Diya

Diya

MEng

Expertise

Engineering, mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, engineering mathematics, computational engineering, project management, machine learning for mechanical engineering, theory of constraints, capacity planning, flow optimization

Danielle

Danielle

PhD

Expertise

satellite-based navigation, model-based estimation, Kalman filters, orbital mechanics, Global Positioning System, stochastic processes, probability and statistics, MatLab coding, writing scientific papers (equation-heavy) in LaTeX, creating figures on Adobe Illustrator

Rayven

Rayven

PhD candidate

Expertise

Psychology

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.

Elizabeth

Elizabeth

PhD candidate

Expertise

Health Disparities, Demography, Computational Methods, Social Networks, Social Media, Social Inequality

bu

bu

PhD

Expertise

Survey research, Statistics, Quantitative research, Data analysis, Data Visualization, Business Intelligence

Paulina

Paulina

PhD candidate

Expertise

bioinformatics, computational biology, biostatistics

Nate

Nate

PhD candidate

Expertise

kinesiology, exercise psychology, cognition, physical education

Christina

Christina

PhD candidate

Expertise

Environmental Politics, Comparative Politics, African Politics, Political Communication, Qualitative and Quantitative Methods

Chris

Chris

PhD candidate

Expertise

sociology, science and technology studies, demography, data analysis

Pooja

Pooja

PhD

Expertise

Marketing, Psychology, Statistics, Consumer Behavior

Chuck

Chuck

PhD

Expertise

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