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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David

David

PhD candidate

Expertise

psychology, neuroscience, cognition, reasoning, research methods, computation, statistics, naturalistic behavior, reinforcement learning, neuroeconomics, decision making, memory, navigation, Computational Neuroscience, Decision Making

Neal

Neal

MS

Expertise

Machine Learning, Data Science and Analytics, Data Structures and Algorithms, People Management, Computer Vision

Anthony

Anthony

PhD candidate

Expertise

Econometrics & statistics, macroeconomics, economic policy, economic history, finance

Sydney

Sydney

PhD candidate

Expertise

computation, hurricanes, climate change resilience, probability and statistics

Tara-Marie

Tara-Marie

PhD candidate

Expertise

Education, Public Policy, Racial Inequality

Justinne

Justinne

PhD candidate

Expertise

Cancer Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Biology, Biotechnology, Data Analysis, tissue engineering, Healthcare, Public Health, Patient Care Perspectives

Anne Claire

Anne Claire

PhD candidate

Expertise

Digital Mental Health, Research Methods and Design, Child and Adolescent Development, Eating Disorders Prevention and Treatment

Kyle

Kyle

PhD

Expertise

neuroscience, neuropsychology, learning, memory, neuroimaging, psychometrics, clinical psychology, aging, Alzheimer's disease, statistics, community engagement, mental health

Monika

Monika

PhD candidate

Expertise

Public Health, Public Policy, Political Science, Survey Methods, Sexual & Reproductive Health

Ivy

Ivy

PhD candidate

Expertise

Statistics, math, machine learning, data science, data analytics, health care

Armen

Armen

PhD candidate

Expertise

Clinical (i.e., abnormal) psychology, child psychology, developmental psychopathology, cognitive development, research methods, basic statistics (e.g., ANOVA, regression)

Tatiana

Tatiana

PhD

Expertise

Community psychology, social policy, statistics, quantitative and qualitative research

Chris

Chris

MBA

Expertise

Business, Sports Analytics, Engineering, Basic Finance, Communication/Public Speaking

Lauren

Lauren

PhD candidate

Expertise

psychology (affective science/clinical, developmental, and social), neuroscience, research methods, statistics

Dominique

Dominique

PhD

Expertise

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

Alexander

Alexander

PhD

Expertise

Clinical psychology, geropsychology, mental health, dementia, research methods & statistics, integration of psychology and philosophy

Surabhi

Surabhi

MS candidate

Expertise

Statistics, Mathematics, Data Analysis

Jeff

Jeff

PhD candidate

Expertise

Statistical Analysis, including regression analysis, machine learning, and use of R and Python. Statistical analysis in topics such as politics, physics, chemistry, astronomy, public health, and medicine. Biostatistical Analysis, including longitudinal studies and survival analysis

Nicole

Nicole

PhD candidate

Expertise

educational psychology, education policy, multicultural education, motivation, belonging, racial/ethnic identity

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