Evan
MD candidate
Expertise
Medicine, Healthcare, Biology, Chemistry, Medical Technology, Information Systems
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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- Cognitive
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- Dance
- Dentistry
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- Quantitative
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- Social Science
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Grace
MA candidate
Expertise
Philosophy, history of philosophy, ethics, bioethics, action theory, philosophy of neuroscience, medical ethics, meta-ethics, Aristotle, Aquinas, Descartes, Hume, Kant, Anscombe, Wittgenstein
Riya
MD candidate
Expertise
Molecular Biology, Cellular Biology, Genetics, Psychology, Sociology, English, Religious Studies, Theology, Philosophy, Indian Classical Dance (Bharatnatyam, Kuchipudi, Odissi), Cultural Studies
Nila
PhD candidate
Expertise
Genetics, meiosis, Drosophila melanogaster, DNA repair, recombination,
Jacob
PhD candidate
Expertise
Biology, Biochemistry, Genetics, Bioethics
Blake
DMD
Expertise
Dentistry, Medicine, Surgery, Pathology, Anatomy, Research
Kimi
PhD candidate
Expertise
human-computer interaction, social media, tech ethics, AI ethics, privacy, UX design, computer science, social psychology, cognitive psychology
Will
PhD candidate
Expertise
Ethics, Political Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Interdisciplinary Work with Philosophy and the social sciences, Writing for the Humanities, philosophical ideas in film and literature
Shaylyn
PhD candidate
Expertise
Developmental biology, cell biology, developmental neuroscience, sensory neuroscience, hearing development, hearing loss, psychology of music, societal importance of music, medicine, LGBTQ public health issues, healthcare access issues
HEAVEN
MPH candidate
Expertise
Public Health, Health Policy, Community Health Sciences, Immigrant health, Medicine & public health
Meg
PhD candidate
Expertise
Materials Sciences/ Applied Physics / Electrical Engineering
Riya
PhD candidate
Expertise
Genomics, CRISPR-gene editing, genome architecture, social justice in STEM, Art in STEM, creative writing (poetry/short stories)
Donovan
PhD
Expertise
Social Science, Political Science, Public Policy, American Politics, Race and Ethnicity, Social Psychology, Public Opinion, Socialization, Political Behavior, & Political Psychology
Arnel Blake
PhD
Expertise
Epistemology, feminist philosophy, philosophy of language, philosophy of psychology, and philosophy of science
Rami
PhD
Expertise
Genetics, genome editing, molecular biology, neuroscience, bioethics, science policy, genetics in human health/medicine
Margaret
MD
Expertise
Asthma, health disparities
Cath
PhD candidate
Expertise
Plant biology; plant-pathogen interactions; microbiology
Scott
PhD candidate
Expertise
Broadly: All areas of the humanities except for economics. Specifically: World History, American History, Modern Chinese History, African-American History and Literature, African Diaspora, Ancient and Modern Philosophy, Psychology, Epistemology, Creative Writing, Poetry, American Politics, and others. Let me know if you have a student in need of a mentor for a non-traditional subject.
Kendra
PhD candidate
Expertise
neuroimmunology, neurodevelopment, developmental biology, glia, neurodegenerative disorders, neurobiology, science ethics, music & neuroscience
Jordan
PhD
Expertise
Stem cells, Molecular Biology, Cancer Biology, Cancer Metabolism, Microbiology, Pathogenesis, Metabolism, Microscopy