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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.

Neuroscience
JoColl

JoColl

PhD

Expertise

Neuroscience, Psychiatrics, Anxiety, PTSD, Endocrinology, Sensory Systems, Anatomy, Down Syndrome, development disorders in animals and humans, media creations and management, blogging health topics, health,

Yoelkys

Yoelkys

MD/PhD

Expertise

Microbiology and Infectious disease, the social determinants of health for infectious diseases, sustainable healthcare interventions, engineering bacterial to be beneficial to humans

Jordan

Jordan

PhD

Expertise

Neuroscience, genetics, epigenetics, molecular biology, translational research, therapeutics, mouse studies, human studies, autonomic/sympathetic nervous system, skeletal muscle diseases

Joshua

Joshua

PhD candidate

Expertise

Neuroscience, Biology, Alzheimer's Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Cell and Molecular Biology, Immunology

Samuel

Samuel

PhD

Expertise

neuroscience with a focus on neural systems, pain, and pharmacology

Samantha

Samantha

MD/PhD candidate

Expertise

Traumatic brain injury, epilepsy, computational neuroscience, virology & viral entry, violin performance

Madeleine

Madeleine

MS

Expertise

Human-centered Design, Neuroscience in Technology, Applications of AI in digital product design, Creative Writting

Kara

Kara

MPH

Expertise

Neuroscience, Psychology, Public Health, Epidemiology, Research Methods

Brock

Brock

PhD

Expertise

Neuroscience of consciousness, applications of machine learning to biomedical research, how do our genetic backgrounds influence our psychology

Evan

Evan

PhD

Expertise

psychology, neuroscience

Connor

Connor

PhD candidate

Expertise

'projects that explore correlates in cancer cell line/clinical cancer databases', reviews of biotechnology, projects that explore treatments of neurological disorders, projects involving scientific outreach/public education, broad topics related to molecular biology, genetics, stem cells, neuroscience, immunology

Noel

Noel

PhD

Expertise

psychology, education, counseling, mental health, radical acceleration, intelligence, giftedness, mental illness, therapy, mental health treatment, counseling

Laura

Laura

PhD

Expertise

Neuroscience, Neurodegenerative diseases, Psychology, Cancer biology, Cancer therapeutics, Cellular & Molecular Biology, Scientific communication

Dante

Dante

PhD candidate

Expertise

Neuroscience, Computational Neuroscience, RNA-SEQ, Bioinformatics

Colwyn

Colwyn

PhD

Expertise

Immunology, Biology, Cardiovascular Biology, Aging Biology, Basic Sciences, Mitochondria

Annamarie

Annamarie

PhD candidate

Expertise

Cancer biology, medical science and physiology, understanding human disease, scientific writing and education

Nahdia

Nahdia

PhD

Expertise

neuroscience, mental illness, neurodegenerative diseases, diabetes, obesity, diet studies

Sarah

Sarah

PhD

Expertise

music and memory, psychology, cognitive science, science and arts, neuroscience of music, music psychology, nostalgia, music-evoked emotions, emotion, projects related to human aging

Eric

Eric

PhD

Expertise

Neuroscience and pain, cancer biology, autism

Emily

Emily

PhD

Expertise

Psychology / Neuroscience