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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.

Economics
Yang

Yang

MS

Expertise

City planning, real estate development, transportation, local politics, government and public policy

Imani

Imani

MBA candidate

Expertise

Business, IT Audit, Consulting, accounting

Matei

Matei

JD candidate

Expertise

law, economics, consulting

Alena

Alena

PhD candidate

Expertise

General Economics, Econometrics, Statistics, Microeconomics/Cost-Effectiveness Analysis, Public Economics, Environmental Economics, Development Economics

Urbashee

Urbashee

PhD

Expertise

Economics, Public Policy, Mathematics, Statistics, Writing, Research

Thor

Thor

PhD

Expertise

Economics, Transportation, Urban Planning, Data Science, Climate Change

Jameson

Jameson

PhD candidate

Expertise

Economics and Statistics

Odysseas

Odysseas

PhD candidate

Expertise

Machine learning and maths and finance

Sunny

Sunny

MS candidate

Expertise

intersections of mathematics, applied economics, econometrics, computer science

Majid

Majid

PhD

Expertise

Economics, Machine Learning

Keana

Keana

PhD

Expertise

social psychology, statistics, economics

Alyssa

Alyssa

MBA

Expertise

business strategy, analytics, economics

Timothy

Timothy

PhD candidate

Expertise

Economics, Monetary Policy, Behavioral Economics, Game Theory, Econometrics, Forecasting

Darwin

Darwin

MBA candidate

Expertise

Economics, Finance, Business

Montserrat

Montserrat

PhD

Expertise

Statistics, biostatistics, longitudinal analysis, survival analysis, multivariate statistics, binomial analysis, multinomial analysis, quantitative analysis that serves to inform policy change.

Julia

Julia

MBA

Expertise

tech, strategy, business, finance, economics

John

John

PhD candidate

Expertise

Economics of the Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Industries; Drug Pricing; Competition studies in Healthcare Markets; Determinants of Health; Theory of Healthcare and Health; Entrepreneurship/Business

Caroline

Caroline

MA

Expertise

Music, Marketing, Communications, Media Studies, Anthropology, Ethnography, Leadership, Administration, and Operations

Garret

Garret

JD

Expertise

Finance, Law, Corporate Finance, Statistics

Aditya

Aditya

PhD candidate

Expertise

computer science (including web dev and machine learning), economics (esp. game theory and/or behavioral economics), philosophy