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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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Matthew

Matthew

PhD candidate

Expertise

Graphic design, data science, sustainability, participatory design, information design, sound design, film making, photography, creative writing, user experience design

Chuck

Chuck

PhD

Expertise

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

Emma

Emma

PhD

Expertise

Physiology, genomics, biology, marine biology, coral reefs, environmental science, conservation

Julia

Julia

PhD candidate

Expertise

social, cognitive and language development, developmental psychology

Noel

Noel

PhD

Expertise

psychology, education, counseling, mental health, radical acceleration, intelligence, giftedness, mental illness, therapy, mental health treatment, counseling

Ibitayo

Ibitayo

MBA/PhD candidate

Expertise

Social Psychology, Behavioral Science, Judgement and Decision-making,

Karen

Karen

MBA candidate

Expertise

business management, mba, leadership

Genie

Genie

EdD candidate

Expertise

Finance (banking), Linguistics, Education

Alexa

Alexa

PhD

Expertise

Projects understanding the impact of chemicals on health and projects in the following topic areas: Public Health, Environmental Health, Epidemiology, Pubic Health, Biostatistics, Clean Chemistry, Maternal and Child health

Chris

Chris

Industry expert

Expertise

Computer Science, Software Engineering

Akihiro

Akihiro

PhD

Expertise

physics, systems neuroscience, microscopy, neural correlates of behavior

Dorian

Dorian

PhD

Expertise

cellular biology, biology of neurological or inflammatory diseases, development of new medications

Jocelyn

Jocelyn

MPH

Expertise

public health, community health, early childhood development, maternal and child health

Sarah

Sarah

PhD candidate

Expertise

social connection, affective neuroscience, mental health, anxiety, approach/avoidance behaviros

Chiara

Chiara

PhD candidate

Expertise

Environmental engineering, chemisty, water pollution technology, degradation of organic contaminants, water quality

Malachi

Malachi

Industry expert

Expertise

mobile app development, UI/UX design, music production, LLM research

Samuel

Samuel

PhD

Expertise

neuroscience with a focus on neural systems, pain, and pharmacology

John

John

PhD

Expertise

Contemporary public policy, Op-ed writing, long-form fiction, short-form fiction, memoir, autoethnography, 18th Century British Literature, Literary Criticism, poetry, writing contests, journal submissions, etc.

Rebecca

Rebecca

MFA

Expertise

Ceramics, sculpture, photography, calligraphy, Arabic, Middle Eastern topics, Creative Writing, Design, Conceptual Development

Erica

Erica

EdM

Expertise

Education, specifically in secondary education for mathematics