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.
Howard
PhD
Expertise
political science, international relations, conflict and war, political violence, authoritarian politics, computational social science, network analysis, experiments, causal inference
Nicholas
PhD
Expertise
Aging and aging-related diseases; maternal and child health; epidemiology; Alzheimer's disease and related dementia; frailty; cognitive decline
Taylor
PhD
Expertise
Social Psychology, Positive Psychology, Emotions, Health, Well-being, Social Relationships, Prosocial Behavior, Culture, Social Class, Economic Inequality, Political Polarization
Imma
PhD candidate
Expertise
Sociology, immigration, environment, gender, sexuality, activism, social justice, politics
Joshua
PhD candidate
Expertise
Bioinformatics, computational biology, immunology, stem cell biology, cancer biology, robotics, and data science.
Wyatt
PhD candidate
Expertise
Mathematics, Physics, Mathematical Physics, Coding, Data Analysis. My area of expertise in mathematics is symmetry, and generalized symmetries that arise in mathematical physics.
Danielle
PhD
Expertise
Public Policy, Program Evaluation, Criminal Justice Reform, Prisoner Reentry, Education
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
Elizabeth
PhD candidate
Expertise
Health Disparities, Demography, Computational Methods, Social Networks, Social Media, Social Inequality
Gabriele
PhD candidate
Expertise
physics (theoretical and observational cosmology, astro-particle physics), mathematics and statistics
