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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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Christina

Christina

PhD candidate

Expertise

Environmental Politics, Comparative Politics, African Politics, Political Communication, Qualitative and Quantitative Methods

Rayven

Rayven

PhD candidate

Expertise

Psychology

Elizabeth

Elizabeth

PhD candidate

Expertise

Health Disparities, Demography, Computational Methods, Social Networks, Social Media, Social Inequality

David

David

PhD

Expertise

neural signal processing, data science and statistics, AI/ML for medical applications

Chris

Chris

MBA

Expertise

Business, Sports Analytics, Engineering, Basic Finance, Communication/Public Speaking

Tamara

Tamara

PhD candidate

Expertise

biology, medicine, neuroscience, Bioinformatics, Writing, Data science and AI for health and medicine, applications of neuroimaging, Genetics, Neuroscience, Neuroimaging, data visualization using real datasets, Precision medicine and the future of healthcare

Majid

Majid

PhD

Expertise

Economics, Machine Learning

Eduardo

Eduardo

MS

Expertise

Data Science, Python, SQL

Kelly

Kelly

PhD candidate

Expertise

Computer Science

Hossein

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

Jeff

Jeff

PhD candidate

Expertise

Statistical Analysis, artificial intelligence, machine learning, sports analytics. Statistical analysis in topics such as politics, physics, chemistry, astronomy, public health, medicine, and sports such as football, soccer, basketball, and baseball/softball. Biostatistical Analysis, including longitudinal studies and survival analysis

Pooja

Pooja

PhD

Expertise

Marketing, Psychology, Statistics, Consumer Behavior

Garret

Garret

JD

Expertise

Finance, Law, Corporate Finance, Statistics

Mina

Mina

PhD candidate

Expertise

Data Science, Machine Learning, Data Analytics, Statistics

Gabriele

Gabriele

PhD candidate

Expertise

physics (theoretical and observational cosmology, astro-particle physics), mathematics and statistics

Keana

Keana

PhD

Expertise

social psychology, statistics, economics

Danielle

Danielle

PhD

Expertise

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

Morgan

Morgan

PhD candidate

Expertise

Behavioral genetics, genetic and environmental risk factors for dementia/Alzheimer's Disease, health psychology, biological aging

Danielle

Danielle

PhD

Expertise

satellite-based navigation, model-based estimation, Kalman filters, orbital mechanics, Global Positioning System, stochastic processes, probability and statistics, MatLab coding, writing scientific papers (equation-heavy) in LaTeX, creating figures on Adobe Illustrator

Sona

Sona

MEng

Expertise

Software Engineering, Machine Learning, Data Science, Applied AI/RAG Systems, Full-Stack Development