Flor
PhD candidate
Expertise
Counseling psychology; immigrant and refugee mental health; attitudes of discrimination and prejudice; English as a second language.
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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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
Brock
PhD
Expertise
Neuroscience of consciousness, applications of machine learning to biomedical research, how do our genetic backgrounds influence our psychology
Dante
PhD candidate
Expertise
Neuroscience, Computational Neuroscience, RNA-SEQ, Bioinformatics
Ana
MS
Expertise
Biology, Neuroscience, Epidemiology, Neuroepidemiology, Social and Behavioral Epidemiology, Developmental Psychology, Behavioral Psychology
Daphne
PhD candidate
Expertise
exercise psychology, exercise physiology, motor behavior, biomechanics, and kinesiology
Molly
PhD
Expertise
Clinical Psychology, Neuropsychology (i.e., study of brain-behavior relationship), aging and dementia (e.g., Alzheimer's disease), older adults and healthy aging, Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, multicultural psychology/neuropsychology
Alexa
PhD candidate
Expertise
social psychology, developmental psychology, cognition, morality, moral character, mind perception, cancel culture, speciesism, vegetarianism, nature vs. nurture, intergroup cognition, group decisions, LGBT experiences
Jianna
MD candidate
Expertise
Neuroscience-Systems & Circuits, Medicine, Social Neuroscienc
Kyle
PhD
Expertise
Neuroscience of addiction and mental illness, genetic and epigenetic mechanisms in the brain, pharmaceuticals and pharmacology
Gabrielle
MS
Expertise
Neuroscience, Kinesiology, Healthcare, Public Health, Physical Rehabilitation
Shannon
PhD
Expertise
child development, developmental psychology, child language development, parent-child interactions
Kristina
MS candidate
Expertise
Anything involving the mind, brain, and behavior
Kayla
PhD candidate
Expertise
Biomechanics, Kinesiology, Sports Medicine, Exercise Science, Concussion, Lower Extremity Injury, Motor Control
Jacqueline
PhD
Expertise
Immunology, Ecology, Behavioral Sciences, Neuroimmunology, neurodegenerative disease, philosophy of immunology
Ollie
PhD candidate
Expertise
Clinical Psychology, Psychology, Neuropsychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Neuroscience, Neuropsychological Assessment, Neuroimaging, Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, Primary Progressive Aphasia, Traumatic Brain Injury, Epilepsy
David
PhD
Expertise
neural signal processing, data science and statistics, AI/ML for medical applications
Elizabeth
PhD candidate
Expertise
Clinical psychology, neuropsychology, trauamtic brain injury, creative writing
Carmen
PhD
Expertise
Child health, neuroscience, science writing
david
EdD
Expertise
developmental psychology, early language and literacy, parent-child interactions, community support for early development