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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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Bruno

Bruno

PhD

Expertise

quantum communication, quantum optics, quantum computing, quantum dynamics, computational materials science, computational physics, machine learning (esp applications to quantum)

Kiara

Kiara

PhD candidate

Expertise

Psychology

Parker

Parker

PhD candidate

Expertise

Observational Astrophysics, Computational Astrophysics, Exoplanets, High Contrast imaging, Stellar Nucleosynthesis, Quantum Physics, Quantum Computing

Emir

Emir

Industry expert

Expertise

Computer Sciences

Uday

Uday

PhD candidate

Expertise

Nuclear energy, materials 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

William

William

PhD candidate

Expertise

Orbital Mechanics, Spacecraft Mission Design, Spacecraft Trajectory Optimization, Stability Analysis, Orbit Determination, Kalman Filters, Analytical Methods, Optimal Control

Ben

Ben

MA candidate

Expertise

Math, Economics, Microeconomics, Antitrust, Social Sciences, Law, Finance, Strategy

Richard

Richard

MA

Expertise

Mathematics

Nathan

Nathan

PhD candidate

Expertise

Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Optimization. Operations Research, Environmental Engineering, Applied Math

Emily

Emily

PhD candidate

Expertise

Theoretical computer science (algorithms & game theory), discrete mathematics, data science, organic chemistry

Friday

Friday

PhD

Expertise

Fluids, heat transfer, numerical modeling, strength of materials, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering

Henry

Henry

PhD candidate

Expertise

Elementary number theory, analytic number theory, algebraic number theory, root systems

Saam

Saam

MPH candidate

Expertise

biology, biochemistry, immunology, chemistry, math

Clayton

Clayton

PhD

Expertise

data science, computer science, computational linguistics, natural language processing, web scraping (Twitter) and analytics, probability theory, statistics, calculus

Wyatt

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.

Timothy

Timothy

PhD candidate

Expertise

Economics, Monetary Policy, Behavioral Economics, Game Theory, Econometrics, Forecasting

John

John

PhD candidate

Expertise

Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Batteries

Terra

Terra

PhD candidate

Expertise

All aspects of quantum computing including quantum error correction and quantum algorithms, interdisciplinary data-driven projects such as those related to bioinformatics, theoretical and computational physics

Frank

Frank

PhD candidate

Expertise

Economics, Python, Optimization, Engineering