Cognitive Research Program Mentors for High School Students | Polygence
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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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Nabila

Nabila

PhD candidate

Expertise

Psychology-mental health and well-being. Examining developmental populations, and themes of race/racism, poverty, the family, school, and community contexts. Mindfulness and academic trajectories for kids and youth.

Courtney

Courtney

PhD

Expertise

psychology, memory, decision-making, eyewitness testimony, cognitive neuroscience

Madeline

Madeline

PhD

Expertise

social psychology, developmental psychology, moral psychology, artificial intelligence

Akihiro

Akihiro

PhD candidate

Expertise

physics, systems neuroscience, microscopy, neural correlates of behavior

Sarah

Sarah

PhD

Expertise

music and memory, psychology, cognitive science, science and arts, neuroscience of music, music psychology, nostalgia, music-evoked emotions, emotion, projects related to human aging

Kristina

Kristina

MS candidate

Expertise

Anything involving the mind, brain, and behavior

Gabrielle

Gabrielle

MS

Expertise

Neuroscience, Kinesiology, Healthcare, Public Health, Physical Rehabilitation

Carmen

Carmen

PhD

Expertise

Child health, neuroscience, science writing

Elizabeth

Elizabeth

PhD candidate

Expertise

Clinical psychology, neuropsychology, trauamtic brain injury, creative writing

Chloris

Chloris

MS

Expertise

speech-language pathology, psychology, health, video editing, music composition

Jobie

Jobie

DMD candidate

Expertise

Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurobiology, Biotechnology, Dentistry, MedicineEntrepreneurialism, Dentistry, Medicine, Human Development, Organizational Behavior

Katie

Katie

PhD

Expertise

cognitive psychology, learning, technology

Shayla

Shayla

PhD

Expertise

Neuroscience of sensory perception

Tatiana

Tatiana

PhD

Expertise

Biology; Neuroscience; Cardiovascular; Aging; Health; Stress

Kyle

Kyle

PhD

Expertise

Neuroscience of addiction and mental illness, genetic and epigenetic mechanisms in the brain, pharmaceuticals and pharmacology

Brock

Brock

PhD

Expertise

Neuroscience of consciousness, applications of machine learning to biomedical research, how do our genetic backgrounds influence our psychology

Dillan Elise

Dillan Elise

PhD candidate

Expertise

Neuroscience, electrophysiology of the brain, digital signal processing, psychology, data science, coding, programming, neuroimaging, ethics, social science

david

david

EdD

Expertise

developmental psychology, early language and literacy, parent-child interactions, community support for early development

Alexandra

Alexandra

PhD candidate

Expertise

Molecular Neuroscience, with an emphasis in biochemistry and structural biology

Daphne

Daphne

PhD candidate

Expertise

exercise psychology, exercise physiology, motor behavior, biomechanics, and kinesiology