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.
Hannah
MSE
Expertise
Games, Animation, Computer Graphics, Simulation, Robotics, Computer Vision, Computer Science, Business Development, Entrepreneurship, Study Skills, Math, Software Eng, AppDev, GameDev
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
William
PhD candidate
Expertise
Orbital Mechanics, Spacecraft Mission Design, Spacecraft Trajectory Optimization, Stability Analysis, Orbit Determination, Kalman Filters, Analytical Methods, Optimal Control
Henry
PhD candidate
Expertise
Elementary number theory, analytic number theory, algebraic number theory, root systems
Yohely
MS
Expertise
biochemistry, bioengineering, human diseases, disease treatment, genetics, DNA/RNA, bacterial culture, anti microbial resistance, genetic sequencing, microbial testing
Ogechi
MBA candidate
Expertise
Entrepreneurship, psychology, personal development, public speaking, hosting, Fashion and styling, consulting, and advisory
Bruno
PhD
Expertise
quantum communication, quantum optics, quantum computing, quantum dynamics, computational materials science, computational physics, machine learning (esp applications to quantum)
Jeff
PhD candidate
Expertise
Statistical Analysis, including regression analysis, machine learning, and use of R and Python. Statistical analysis in topics such as politics, physics, chemistry, astronomy, public health, and medicine. Biostatistical Analysis, including longitudinal studies and survival analysis
Shae
PhD candidate
Expertise
coding, calculus, modeling, online game creation, epidemiology, biostatistics
Ben
MA candidate
Expertise
Math, Economics, Microeconomics, Antitrust, Social Sciences, Law, Finance, Strategy
Ashwyn
PhD candidate
Expertise
Plasma Physics, Aerospace, Mechanical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Computational Fluid Dynamics
Terra
PhD candidate
Expertise
All aspects of quantum computing including quantum error correction and quantum algorithms, interdisciplinary data-driven projects such as those related to bioinformatics, theoretical and computational physics
Hossein
PhD
Expertise
Data Science, Engineer, Statistics, Math, Design Products, engineering design process, user experience design and research, toy design, CAD/3Dprinting, prototyping and rapid manufacturing