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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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Yash

Yash

MS candidateElectrical E...

Education

  1. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

    MSMaster of ScienceTBD

    Electrical Engineering

  2. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

    BSBachelor of Sci...2025

    Computer Science

Expertise

Electrical and Computer Engineering/Computer Science/Scientific Simulation/Chip Design/Software Engineering

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Thomas

Thomas

PhD candidateMechanical E...

Education

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

    PhDDoctor of Philo...TBD

    Mechanical Engineering

  2. University of North Dakota

    MSMaster of Science2025

    Physics

Expertise

Physics: semiconductor, quantum, astrophysics, electromagnetism, nuclear. Mathematics: algebra...

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Brock

Brock

PhDNeuroscience

Education

  1. University of Southern California (USC)

    PhDDoctor of Philo...

    Neuroscience

  2. Hendrix College

    BABachelor of Arts2016

    Neuroscience

Expertise

Neuroscience of consciousness, applications of machine learning to biomedical research, how do our...

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Ennis

Ennis

PhD candidatePhysics

Education

  1. Northwestern University

    PhDDoctor of Philo...TBD

    Physics

  2. Northwestern University

    MSc2024

    Physics

Expertise

Physics, Mathematics, AI, Quantum computing, Astrophysics

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Noah

Noah

PhD candidateComputer Sci...

Education

  1. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

    PhDDoctor of Philo...TBD

    Computer Science

  2. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

    MSMaster of Science2021

    Computer Science

Expertise

vehicle security, vehicle reliability, cybersecurity, applied machine learning, Computer Science...

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Clayton

Clayton

PhDComputer Sci...

Education

  1. Universität des Saarlandes

    PhDDoctor of Philo...2024

    Computer Science

  2. Universität des Saarlandes

    MSMaster of Science2015

    Linguistics

Expertise

data science, computer science, computational linguistics, natural language processing, web scraping...

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Montserrat

Montserrat

PhDStatistics

Education

  1. Indiana University at Bloomington

    PhDDoctor of Philo...2023

    Statistics

  2. Indiana University at Bloomington

    MSMaster of Science2020

    Statistics

Expertise

Statistical analysis, including regression, longitudinal analysis, and machine learning using R....

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Clarissa

Clarissa

MSData Science

Education

  1. Duke University

    MSMaster of Science2023

    Data Science

  2. University of Minnesota

    BSEBachelor of Sci...2018

    Statistics

Expertise

Data Science, Statistics, Big Data, Scientific Method, Data Visualization, Machine Learning, AI

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Vardhan

Vardhan

PhD candidateComputer Sci...

Education

  1. University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC)

    PhDDoctor of Philo...TBD

    Computer Science

  2. University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC)

    MSMaster of Science

    Computer Science

Expertise

NLP, LLMs, Agentic AI, Computer Vision, Deep Learning Research

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Shomik

Shomik

PhDMechanical E...

Education

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    PhDDoctor of Philo...2026

    Mechanical Engineering

  2. Imperial College London

    MPhilMaster of Philo...

    Materials Science

Expertise

Renewable energy (solar), heat transfer, computational materials science

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Adam

Adam

PhDBiomedical E...

Education

  1. Johns Hopkins University

    PhDDoctor of Philo...2021

    Biomedical Engineering

  2. Johns Hopkins University

    MSEMaster of Scien...2021

    Statistics

Expertise

Machine learning, causal inference, quantitative finance, biomedical engineering, and data science

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Alice

Alice

PhD candidateBiotech

Education

  1. Stanford University

    PhDDoctor of Philo...TBD

    Biotech

  2. University of California, San Diego

    BSBachelor of Sci...2021

    Biotech

Expertise

bioinformatics, machine learning, cancer, drug discovery, drug development, translational science...

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John

John

MSData Science

Education

  1. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

    MSMaster of Science2021

    Data Science

  2. University of Connecticut

    BABachelor of Arts2019

    Statistics

Expertise

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Business, Finance, Economics, Business Analytics, Statistics...

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Hirsh

Hirsh

PhD candidateComputer Sci...

Education

  1. Princeton University

    PhDDoctor of Philo...TBD

    Computer Science

  2. Princeton University

    MAMaster of Arts

    Computer Science

Expertise

Technology Policy, Web Development, Cyberdefense/Cybersecurity, Election Security

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Arpit

Arpit

MSComputer Sci...

Education

  1. University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)

    MSMaster of Science2021

    Computer Science

  2. University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)

    BSBachelor of Sci...2020

    Computer Science

Expertise

AI/ML, Programming, Career Guidance, Computer Science, Software Eng, AppDev

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Ryan

Ryan

PhDAstrophysics

Education

  1. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

    PhDDoctor of Philo...2021

    Astrophysics

  2. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

    MSMaster of Science2017

    Astronomy

Expertise

physics, astronomy, computational astrophysics, fusion, quantum computing, Reviewing Dark Matter Models...

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Yixi

Yixi

MBAManagement S...

Education

  1. Stanford University

    MBAMaster of Busin...2022

    Management Science & Engineering

  2. Purdue University

    BSBachelor of Sci...2012

    Chemical Engineering

Expertise

business, business analytics, data visualization, data analysis, marketing, power BI, Business...

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Kristina

Kristina

MSBiomedical D...

Education

  1. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    MSMaster of Science2026

    Biomedical Data Science and AI

  2. New York University

    MAMaster of Arts2024

    Psychology

Expertise

Anything involving the mind, brain, and behavior

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Delia

Delia

MSComputer Sci...

Education

  1. University of Edinburgh

    MSMaster of Science2024

    Computer Science

  2. University of Dublin, Trinity College

    BSBachelor of Sci...2023

    Computer Science

Expertise

Artificial intelligence(ML/NLP/DL), Computer vision & graphics

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Sejal

Sejal

MSData Science

Education

  1. Georgia Institute of Technology

    MSMaster of Science2025

    Data Science

  2. Tufts University

    BSBachelor of Sci...2021

    Data Science

Expertise

Data Science, Data Analytics, Machine Learning, Sports Analytics, Natural Language Processing, Data...

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