Xiao
PhD
Expertise
Cryptography, Privacy-preserving AI/ML, GenAI–social media psychology research, Homomorphic Encryption
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.
Amanda
MS
Expertise
combinatorics, graph theory, algebra, math but make it girlypop, girlypop but make it math, co-opting math content from one area and using it in wildly incompatible (but not really) areas
Jacob
MS
Expertise
Plasma Physics, Magnetic Reconnection, x-rays, atomic physics, Plasma Diagnostics
Nathan
MBA
Expertise
Computer Science, Frontend Engineering, Product Management
Cody
Industry expert
Expertise
Music, Film Scoring
Meha
MPH candidate
Expertise
Immunology or Public Health
Emily
PhD candidate
Expertise
Theoretical computer science (algorithms & game theory), discrete mathematics, data science, organic chemistry
Darrell
PhD candidate
Expertise
Bioinformatics, Immunology, Genetics, Computational Biology, Environmental Science, Water Treatment, Aviation Safety, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Statistics, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Physics
Andrew
PhD candidate
Expertise
Computer Science and Math.
Jacques
PhD candidate
Expertise
history of science, philosophy of science, neuropharmacology, neuroscience of interoception, cognitive science, computational neuroscience
Lily
PhD candidate
Expertise
Biology, Microbiology, Viruses, Microscopy, CRISPR, Proteins, RNA
Ryan
PhD candidate
Expertise
biology, biotech, genetics, computational biology, bioinformatics
Yash
MS candidate
Expertise
Electrical and Computer Engineering/Computer Science/Scientific Simulation/Chip Design/Software Engineering
Annamarie
PhD candidate
Expertise
Cancer biology, medical science and physiology, understanding human disease, scientific writing and education
Fatak
Industry expert
Expertise
Aerospace Engineering; Flight Software Design; Modeling and Simulation; Bioastronautics
Dante
PhD candidate
Expertise
Neuroscience, Computational Neuroscience, RNA-SEQ, Bioinformatics
Tony
PhD candidate
Expertise
Robotics, aerodynamics, system design, drones, structures, programming, computer vision
Ava
PhD candidate
Expertise
Physics, astrophysics, galaxy evolution, observational astrophysics, computational astrophysics
Hannah
MEng
Expertise
AI Ethics, Human Centered Design, Tech Policy, Accessible AI design, Computer Graphics, Computer Vision, ML
Bruno
PhD
Expertise
quantum communication, quantum optics, quantum computing, quantum dynamics, computational materials science, computational physics, machine learning (esp applications to quantum)