Our Team and Mission

Polygence is a team of academics and educators united in our passion to make research more widely accessible to all interested students.

That is why we decided to establish an education company that has the potential to inspire and transform the academic journeys of generations of students to come.

This is how Polygence got started -- excited to mobilize our academic networks in the academic community, we wanted to give the gift of learning and intellectual inquiry to students from all over the world.

Polygence is committed to cultivating multi-faceted intelligence -- with mentors covering diverse disciplines across the humanities and STEM, we are excited to embark on a journey to transform education.

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Adam Gyulavari

Head of Engineering

Education:

Budapest University of Technology and Economics

MA. (2015)
Teacher of Engineering
MSc. (2013)
Computer Engineering

Expertise:

Software development, Software engineering, Teaching, Mentoring
Former Software Development Mentor at Green Fox Academy
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Annie Peuquet

Director of Partnerships

Education:

University of Virginia

B.A.
Foreign Affairs & Latin America Studies

Harvard Graduate School of Education

M.Ed
Entrepreneurship in Education

Expertise:

Partnerships, Growth, Education
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Danny Whittaker

Director of Admissions

Education:

University of Phoenix

M.A.
Management

Expertise:

Education, Business Development, Sales, Admissions
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Veronica Edwards

Chief of Staff

Education:

Princeton University

B.A.
Sociology

Expertise:

Edtech, Data Analytic, Data Science, Sociology
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Amanda Chagoya

Director of Marketing

Education:

Salem State University

B.S. (2004)
Psychology

Expertise:

Market research, consumer insights, product positioning, design research, and go-to-market planning
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Tyler Vitone

Director of Customer Success

Education:

University of Florida

M.S. (2015)
Entomology

The College of New Jersey

B.S. (2013)
Biology

Expertise:

Ecology, Entomology, Invasive Species, Science Education, Citizen Science

Contact:

[email protected]
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Victoria Michaels

Program Operations Manager

Education:

Johns Hopkins University

B.A. (2017)
International Studies, French Culture, Theatre Studies

Contact:

[email protected]
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Jade Ogiwara

Lifecycle Marketing Lead

Education:

Rutgers University

B.S. (2014)
Psychology; Journalism and Media Studies

Expertise:

Lifecycle Marketing, Email Marketing
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Lucy Bryan

Mentor Success Manager

Education:

University of Chicago

M.S.
Humanities

Connecticut College

B.A.
English Language and Literature

Expertise:

Education, Mentor Relationships
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Levente Belteky

Software Engineer

Education:

Eötvös Loránd University

Computer Software Engineering

Expertise:

Software Engineering, Software Development Mentorship
Former Software Development Mentor at Green Fox Academy
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István Kozma

Software Developer

Education:

Green Fox Academy

Certificate of Completion (2018)
Junior Web Developer

Eötvös Loránd University

BA (2015)
Chemistry

Expertise:

Software development, Software engineering
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Nick Pape

Associate Director of Admissions

Education:

Expertise:

Admissions, Education, Advising
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Geordyn Ader

Project Support Manager

Education:

DevMountain

Certificate of Completion (2016)
Full Stack Web Development

Expertise:

customer service, web development
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Tamas Czabai

Software Engineer

Education:

Green Fox Academy

Certificate of Completion (2017)
Junior Web Developer

University of Szeged

MSc (2020)
Chemistry
BSc. (2014)
Computational Chemistry

Expertise:

Software development, Chemistry
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Christopher Jack

Partnerships Manager

Education:

School for International Training (SIT)

M.Ed (2016)
International Education

Plymouth State University

B.A. (2007)
English Literature, ESL Teaching

Expertise:

International Education, Partnership Development, ESL Training
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Maureen Lavin

Partnerships Manager

Education:

Drew University

B.A.
Behavioral Science

New York University

Masters
Social Work

Expertise:

Education, Business Development
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Keiko Roy-Carey

Partnerships Manager

Education:

Appalachian State University

B.A.
International and Comparative Politics

Expertise:

Partnerships, Strategy, Mental Health, Education
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Angela Vadas

Designer

Education:

Ecole d’art Maryse Eloy - Paris School of Visual Arts

BAA (2016)
Graphic Design, Visual Communication

Expertise:

Brand Design, Creative Direction, Webdesign, Typography, UX/UI Design, Graphic Design
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Daniel Horvath

Software Developer

Education:

Corvinus University of Budapest

BSc. (2017)
Business IT

Expertise:

Software development, Web development
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Robert Beretka

Software Developer

Education:

Eötvös Lóránd University

Expertise:

Software development, Software engineering
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Shayla Vradenburgh

Mentor Affairs Specialist

Education:

University of Florida

B.A.
Psychology- Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience

University of Virginia Graduate School

PhD
Neuroscience

Expertise:

Data Analysis & Pedagogy
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Máté Cserven

Software Developer

Education:

Green Fox Academy

Junior Web Developer

Expertise:

Software development, Teaching, Mentoring, Cooking
Former Software Development Mentor at Green Fox Academy
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József Bakos

Software Developer

Education:

Green Fox Academy

Full stack developer

MATE

Software developer
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Jordan Ellington

Project Support Manager

Education:

Radford University

B.S. (2016)
Media Studies/Journalism

Expertise:

Customer Service, Education, Admissions
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Mark Domahidi

Software Engineer

Education:

Budapest University of Technology and Economics

Bsc. (2021)
Computer Engineering

Expertise:

Software development, Software engineering
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Iana Thomas

Associate Director of Admissions

Education:

York College

B.A.
Psychology

Adelphi University

M.A.
Psychology

Columbia University

PhD candidate
Sociomedical Sciences

Expertise:

Admissions, Customer Service, Psychology
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Atlee Myers

Associate Director of Admissions

Education:

University of Kansas

B.G.S
Liberal Arts and Sciences

Expertise:

Education, Admissions, Advising
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Matthew Lorenzen

Associate Director of Admissions

Education:

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

MS Psychology

University of California, Santa Barbara

BA Physiology

Expertise:

Education, Admissions, Advising
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Claire Talley

Associate Director of Admissions

Education:

Pennsylvania State University

BSc Educational Policy

Expertise:

Education, Advising, Policy, Social Sciences
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Thao Nguyen

Marketing Coordinator

Education

Carthage College

BA in Public Relations

Expertise

Digital Marketing, Content Creation
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Tara Chandra

Scholar in Residence

Education

University of Chicago

Bachelor's in Political Science

Yale University

Masters in Global Affairs

UC Berkeley

PhD in Political Science

Expertise

International Affairs + Tech Policy, Public Policy
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Rohit Behera

Regional Partnerships Manager for India and the Middle East

Education

Krea University

BA with Honors in Economics and Business

Expertise

Relationships, Partner Service
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Frank Visciano

Advisor

COO of Udemy (2013-2019)

Education:

Stanford University

M.B.A.

Swarthmore College

B.A.
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Dennis Yang

Advisor

CEO of Udemy (2014-2017)

Education:

Stanford University

M.B.A.
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Dora Demszky

Educational Advisor

Education:

Stanford University

Ph.D. candidate
Computational Linguistics

Princeton University

B.A. (2017)
Linguistics and Computer Science

Expertise:

Computational Linguistics, Analysis of Textual Data, Computational Social Science
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Nadia Shalaby

Strategy Advisor

Education:

MIT

M.B.A.

Harvard University

Ph.D.
Computer Science

Alexandria University

M.Sc.
Computer Science

Expertise:

Serial technology entrepreneur and investor
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Kevin Wong

Educational Advisor

Education:

University of California, Berkeley

B.A. (2016)
Physics and Engineering

Expertise:

World War 2, 20th-Century French Literature, Graphic Novels and Comics, Cinema and Media Studies, Memoir and Life Writing, Testimony Studies