Ashley
PhD candidate
Expertise
Designing, engineering, and testing cancer immunotherapies, biological and bioengineering research
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.
Biotech
- AI/ML
- Animation
- Arts
- Biology
- Biotech
- Business
- Cancer
- Chemistry
- Cognitive
- Computer Science
- Creative Writing
- Dance
- Dentistry
- Economics
- Engineering
- Entomology
- Environmental Science
- Ethics
- Fashion
- Finance
- Game Design
- Healthcare
- History
- Illustration
- Languages
- Linguistics
- Literature
- Math
- Medicine
- Music
- Neuroscience
- Nutrition
- Organizational Leadership
- Philanthropy
- Philosophy
- Photography
- Physics
- Psychiatry
- Psychology
- Public Health
- Quantitative
- Social
- Social Science
- Sports Analytics
- Statistics
- Surgery
Alexandra
PhD
Expertise
Cancer biology, immunology, biotechnology, venture capital, entrepreneurship, startups
Joshua
PhD candidate
Expertise
(1) Using computational and mathematical models to describe biological processes. (2) Plant biology and mycology - particularly the biochemistry and molecular biology of plants and fungi. (3) Biotech for agriculture and energy production.
Shayda
PhD
Expertise
Projects that approach medicine and modeling from a biosensor research perspective.
Matthew
PhD candidate
Expertise
Plant Biology, Plant Biochemistry and Genetics, Plant-Microbe Interactions
Paul
PhD candidate
Expertise
Biomaterials, Drug Delivery, Tissue Engineering, Bioengineering, Cartilage, Chemistry, Protein Synthesis
Berenice
MS candidate
Expertise
Medical Device Design, Assistive Technology Design, Low-cost Technology, Biomechanics, Synthetic Biology
Jacob
MD/PhD candidate
Expertise
Structural Biology, Cryo-EM, Cryo-ET, Ligand Docking, Chemical Biology, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, In Silico Screening
Gabriel
PhD candidate
Expertise
Tumor Immunology, cancer biology, Immunology, Biotechnology
Victoria
PhD candidate
Expertise
Plant Biology, Molecular Genetics, Genetics, Biochemistry
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)
Barbara
PhD
Expertise
Neuroscience of vision, regeneration of the nervous system, neurobiology, eye diseases
Jiying
MS
Expertise
Anything related to data science, machine learning and AI, social sciences, and the arts!
Lauren
MS candidate
Expertise
Gene editing, Disease Biology, Translational Science, Sensory Neuroscience, molecular biology, Python, Java, cell biology
Joshua
PhD candidate
Expertise
Bioinformatics, computational biology, immunology, stem cell biology, cancer biology, robotics, and data science.
Thomas
PhD candidate
Expertise
Chemistry, Computational Chemistry, Deep Learning, Material Science (Computational), Drug Design, Quantum Mechanics, Molecular Mechanics
Evelyn
MEng candidate
Expertise
history of gene therapy in the biotech field, methods of gene therapy to cure cancer, Reasons tumors are evading our immune system, Relationship between cancer and diet, A study of our immune system, cutting edge therapies to treat cancer, research proposal on cancer treatment
Edward
PhD candidate
Expertise
Engineering, Biology, Pharmacology, Mathematics, Physics
Justinne
PhD
Expertise
Cancer Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Biology, Biotechnology, Data Analysis, tissue engineering, Healthcare, Public Health, Patient Care Perspectives
Haley
PhD candidate
Expertise
I would like to mentor students in neuroscience, epilepsy, immunology, cancer biology, molecular biology and biotechnology.