Adrienne
PhD
Expertise
Emotions, Body Awareness, Neuroscience, Adversity, Stress, Social Psychology, Emotion Development, Experimental Design, Statistical Analysis
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.
Macrina
PhD
Expertise
Psychology, social psychology, cognitive psychology, neuroscience, political psychology
Daniel
PhD
Expertise
Consumer Health and Wellness, Psychology of well-being, Judgement and Decision Making, Consumer Behavior/Psychology, Marketing
Ibitayo
MBA/PhD candidate
Expertise
Social Psychology, Behavioral Science, Judgement and Decision-making,
Sarah
PhD candidate
Expertise
Health psychology; psychosocial oncology; social psychology; statistics
Kimi
PhD
Expertise
human-computer interaction, social media, tech ethics, AI ethics, privacy, UX design, computer science, social psychology, cognitive psychology
Liz
PhD candidate
Expertise
neuroscience (behavior, social behavior, computational neuroscience, hypothalamus, development), mental health
Phoebe
PhD candidate
Expertise
Public Health, Health Behavior, Unhealthy Product Marketing, Retail Environments, Nutrition Policy, Alcohol Policy, Tobacco Policy
Regina
PhD candidate
Expertise
cultural comparisons, emotion regulation strategies, interpersonal emotions, empathic accuracy, and emotion ideals
Jada
PhD
Expertise
Clinical psychology, Sexuality, Racial and Gender Discrimination, Mental Health, Social Justice Issues, Maternal Psychology,
Elyssa
Industry expert
Expertise
Psychoacoustics, Cognitive science and musicology, Research fundamentals, Music Theory and Syntax, Neurodiversity and Learning.
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
Drew
PhD
Expertise
Social psychology, consumer psychology, marketing, humor, comedy, influence & persuasion, authenticity, human-AI interaction, creativity, happiness, positive emotions, well-being, pride, misinformation, metacognition, social influence, conformity, person perception
Will
PhD candidate
Expertise
Ethics, Political Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Interdisciplinary Work with Philosophy and the social sciences, Writing for the Humanities, philosophical ideas in film and literature