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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.

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Jared

Jared

MBA

Expertise

Finance, Business Systems Analytics, Real Estate Private Equity, Business Valuation, Real Estate Consulting, Personal finance

Bruno

Bruno

PhD

Expertise

quantum communication, quantum optics, quantum computing, quantum dynamics, computational materials science, computational physics, machine learning (esp applications to quantum)

Andrew

Andrew

PhD candidate

Expertise

Computer Science and Math.

Henry

Henry

PhD candidate

Expertise

Elementary number theory, analytic number theory, algebraic number theory, root systems

Carly

Carly

PhD

Expertise

coral biology, environmental changes, marine ecosystems, applications of math to ecology, how ocean dynamics affect marine life, how organisms specialize for their environments, how hybridization affects the potential of species, using models to connect to real-world systems, interactions of social factors and the environment, spatial statistics projects, symbiosis, landscape genetics, microbial interactions

Fatak

Fatak

Industry expert

Expertise

Aerospace Engineering; Flight Software Design; Modeling and Simulation; Bioastronautics

Hannah

Hannah

MSE

Expertise

Games, Animation, Computer Graphics, Simulation, Robotics, Computer Vision, Computer Science, Business Development, Entrepreneurship, Study Skills, Math, Software Eng, AppDev, GameDev

Alexandra

Alexandra

MS candidate

Expertise

Ecology, conservation, ornithology, habitat management

Johanna

Johanna

PhD candidate

Expertise

Dark Matter, Dark Energy, Gravitational Lensing, Coding in python or C++, mechanics, electricity and magnetism, quantum mechanics. Projects to code physics simulations.

Saam

Saam

MPH candidate

Expertise

biology, biochemistry, immunology, chemistry, math

Shinya

Shinya

MS

Expertise

Applied Physics, Applied Math, Mechanical Engineering, Data Science, and Machine Learning

Nicholas

Nicholas

MS

Expertise

Physics, Astrophysics, Stellar Astrophysics: specifically stellar evolution, interior structures of stars, stellar pulsations

Thomas

Thomas

PhD candidate

Expertise

Physics: semiconductor, quantum, astrophysics, electromagnetism, nuclear. Mathematics: algebra, calculus, data set manipulation with code. Computer science: AI model training and testing, ML applications and integration. Mechanical engineering: Heat transfer, fluid mechanics, designing practical experiements/tools

Surabhi

Surabhi

MS

Expertise

Statistics, Mathematics, Data Analysis

Meha

Meha

MPH candidate

Expertise

Immunology or Public Health

Garret

Garret

JD

Expertise

Finance, Law, Corporate Finance, Statistics

Vik

Vik

DO

Expertise

Middle/High/College Math and Science, Pre-Medicine, Medicine

David

David

MS

Expertise

Software engineering (Embedded, application); Electronics engineering, robotics and control

bu

bu

PhD

Expertise

Survey research, Statistics, Quantitative research, Data analysis, Data Visualization, Business Intelligence

Ben

Ben

MA candidate

Expertise

Math, Economics, Microeconomics, Antitrust, Social Sciences, Law, Finance, Strategy