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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.

Cognitive
Madeline

Madeline

PhD

Expertise

social psychology, developmental psychology, moral psychology, artificial intelligence

Evan

Evan

PhD

Expertise

psychology, neuroscience

Julia

Julia

PhD candidate

Expertise

social, cognitive and language development, developmental psychology

John Aaron

John Aaron

PhD

Expertise

Neuroinflammation, Stroke, Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Inflammation, Mood Disorders

Kristina

Kristina

MS candidate

Expertise

Anything involving the mind, brain, and behavior

Katie

Katie

PhD

Expertise

cognitive psychology, learning, technology

Carmen

Carmen

PhD

Expertise

Child health, neuroscience, science writing

AARTI

AARTI

PhD candidate

Expertise

developmental psychology, cognitive development, STEM education

Jazlyn

Jazlyn

PhD

Expertise

Cognitive Science (developmental and interdisciplinary)

Christine

Christine

PhD

Expertise

Computational Biology, Neuroscience, Psychology, Aging

Jacques

Jacques

PhD candidate

Expertise

Human-Ai interaction, AI ethics, AI regulation, Assessing AI bias

Flor

Flor

PhD candidate

Expertise

Counseling psychology; immigrant and refugee mental health; attitudes of discrimination and prejudice; English as a second language.

Ollie

Ollie

PhD candidate

Expertise

Clinical Psychology, Psychology, Neuropsychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Neuroscience, Neuropsychological Assessment, Neuroimaging, Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, Primary Progressive Aphasia, Traumatic Brain Injury, Epilepsy

David

David

PhD

Expertise

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

Edward

Edward

Industry expert

Expertise

Neurobiology, behavior science, psychology

Alexa

Alexa

PhD candidate

Expertise

social psychology, developmental psychology, cognition, morality, moral character, mind perception, cancel culture, speciesism, vegetarianism, nature vs. nurture, intergroup cognition, group decisions, LGBT experiences

Brock

Brock

PhD

Expertise

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

Kyle

Kyle

PhD

Expertise

Neuroscience of addiction and mental illness, genetic and epigenetic mechanisms in the brain, pharmaceuticals and pharmacology

Melissa

Melissa

MA candidate

Expertise

Pregnancy, stress physiology, sleep health, longitudinal studies, actigraphy

Tatiana

Tatiana

PhD

Expertise

Biology; Neuroscience; Cardiovascular; Aging; Health; Stress