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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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Imma

Imma

PhD candidate

Expertise

Sociology, immigration, environment, gender, sexuality, activism, social justice, politics

Aaron

Aaron

MBA

Expertise

Data Projects of any type, Business creation/development, Financial Modeling, Writing Project (Book/Article), Strategy (Political or Business).

Zion

Zion

MBA candidate

Expertise

Business Development Consulting

Clare

Clare

PhD candidate

Expertise

adolescent brain and behavioral development, puberty, well-being

Richard

Richard

MA

Expertise

Mathematics

Zoey

Zoey

MD/PhD candidate

Expertise

economics, medicine, healthcare, public health, policy, data science, classics, biology, chemistry

Sejal

Sejal

MS candidate

Expertise

Data Science, Data Analytics, Machine Learning, Sports Analytics, Natural Language Processing, Data Visualization, Computer Science, Biotechnology

Samantha

Samantha

PhD candidate

Expertise

Marine biology, conservation biology, and international development

Danielle

Danielle

PhD

Expertise

Public Policy, Program Evaluation, Criminal Justice Reform, Prisoner Reentry, Education

Regina

Regina

PhD candidate

Expertise

Education

Atharv

Atharv

MA

Expertise

Data Science

Alexandra

Alexandra

PhD

Expertise

politics, international relations, public opinion, quantitative social science, political psychology, data visualization

Amin

Amin

PhD candidate

Expertise

Membrane separation/membrane synthesis, online scheduling and optimization, reaction chemistry, heat/mass transport, and thermodynamics.

Jean

Jean

PhD candidate

Expertise

Psychology, sociology, effective writing and presentation skills

Thor

Thor

PhD

Expertise

Economics, Transportation, Urban Planning, Data Science, Climate Change

Wicia

Wicia

PhD candidate

Expertise

social psychology, person perception, inequality, socioeconomic status, social network analysis, text analysis, mental health, well-being,

Adarsh

Adarsh

MS candidate

Expertise

Space Science, Physics, Satellites, Engineering, Public Speaking, Research

Oscar

Oscar

PhD

Expertise

Economics and/or data science.

Lei

Lei

PhD

Expertise

mental health among Asian international and Asian American college students, bilingual (Mandarin/English) counseling, research methods and designs, blog/vlog/podcast creation

Tosen

Tosen

PhD candidate

Expertise

Racial and ethnic relations, Culture, Business, Organizational science, social science