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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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Danielle

Danielle

PhD candidate

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

Francesca

Francesca

PhD candidate

Expertise

health psychology (e.g., how psychology and biology are related, how physical and mental health influence each other), stress/adversity, parent-child relationships, adolescent development, role of immune system in health, role of gut microbiome in health

Jon

Jon

PhD candidate

Expertise

Mechanical engineering, dynamics, physics, biomechanics, assistive devices, device design, machine learning, deep learning, movement disorders, promoting healthy movement

Ini

Ini

PhD candidate

Expertise

Microeconomics topics (like education, labor markets, etc), data analysis for social science research, public policy analysis

Anish

Anish

MS

Expertise

Neurodegenerative Diseases (Glaucoma, Alzheimers, Parkinsons, etc), Neuroimaging Technologies (MRI, CT, etc.), Neurotrauma (Concussions, Blast impact), Sports Medicine (new treatments, diagnostic tests), Medical Device ideation and design for underserved communities, Anything related to statistical analysis and/or data science (any industry/subject area)

Emma

Emma

PhD candidate

Expertise

Math, Data science, Math modeling, Statistics, Theoretical mathematics, Computer science

Chris

Chris

PhD candidate

Expertise

sociology, science and technology studies, demography, data analysis

Andrew

Andrew

PhD candidate

Expertise

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

Daphne

Daphne

PhD candidate

Expertise

kinesiology, exercise psychology, exercise cognition, exercise physiology, motor behavior

Lauren

Lauren

PhD candidate

Expertise

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

Keana

Keana

PhD

Expertise

social psychology, statistics, economics

Christina

Christina

PhD candidate

Expertise

psychology; education psychology; research methods; statistics

Ivy

Ivy

PhD candidate

Expertise

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

Shannon

Shannon

PhD candidate

Expertise

Parenting, MRI analysis, fNIRS, substance use, mental health, emotion, statistics

Hossein

Hossein

PhD

Expertise

Data Science, Engineer, Statistics, Math, Design Products, engineering design process, user experience design and research, toy design, CAD/3Dprinting, prototyping and rapid manufacturing

Paulina

Paulina

PhD candidate

Expertise

bioinformatics, computational biology

Leah

Leah

PhD

Expertise

Behavioral neuroscience and neurobiology of psychiatric illnesses

Chuck

Chuck

PhD

Expertise

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

Jack

Jack

MD/PhD

Expertise

Processing and materials science of biomaterials

Laken

Laken

MS

Expertise

data science topics, applied statistics, r programming, python programming