Environmental Science 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.

Environmental Science
Jo

Jo

PhD

Expertise

Environmental Engineering, Air Quality and Atmospheric Chemistry, Sustainability, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Justice

Pamelia

Pamelia

MS

Expertise

Marine biology, ecology, aquaculture, fisheries, field and laboratory studies

Alexandra

Alexandra

MS candidate

Expertise

Ecology, conservation, ornithology, habitat management

Katie

Katie

MPA candidate

Expertise

History, English, Psychology, Environmental Science/Studies, Political Science, Environmental Policy, Environmental Justice, Immigration Rights, Social Justice, Advocacy

Mary Margaret

Mary Margaret

PhD candidate

Expertise

Climate Change/Oceanography (ocean acidification, coral reefs, biogeochemical models, paleontology, carbon capture, glacial weathering, climate science-policy, community-based collaborative science)

Holly

Holly

PhD

Expertise

Water treatment, nanotechnology, environmental justice, environmental engineering, green chemistry, green engineering, environmental policy, sustainable materials

David

David

PhD

Expertise

Biological Science, Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, Climate Change Biology, GIS (Geographic Information Systems), Data Science, Bioinformatics, Botany, Environmental Justice & Sustainability, Metabolomics, Population Genetics

Sydney

Sydney

PhD

Expertise

Marine microbiology, phytoplankton ecology and physiology, oceanography, marine environmental issues

Alexa

Alexa

PhD candidate

Expertise

Drug discovery, microbial interactions, environmental microbiology, genome mining, bioengineering

Emma

Emma

MS

Expertise

Anything under the scope of marine biology & ecology

Christian

Christian

PhD candidate

Expertise

Spatial Data Science; Movement Ecology; Marine Biology; Fisheries Science

Carmen

Carmen

PhD

Expertise

Child health, neuroscience, science writing

Luke

Luke

PhD candidate

Expertise

Astrobiology, deep-sea microbiology, environmental microbiology, extremophiles, life in hypersaline environments

Kelli

Kelli

PhD

Expertise

Microbiology, Marine Biology, Bioinformatics, Science Communication

Natalia

Natalia

PhD candidate

Expertise

Genetic regulation, Biochemistry, Microbiology

Nicholas

Nicholas

MPA

Expertise

Sustainability, climate change, environmental science, policy

Lindsay

Lindsay

PhD

Expertise

Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, Tropical Ecosystem, Biogeochemistry, Environmental Science

Jocelyn

Jocelyn

MPH

Expertise

public health, community health, early childhood development, maternal and child health

Bryce

Bryce

PhD candidate

Expertise

Climate science, geology, oceanography, limnology, environmental chemistry, paleoclimate / paleoceanography

Courtney

Courtney

PhD

Expertise

ecology, animal behavior, African savannas, animal foraging, predation, biodiversity