
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.

Timothy
PhD candidate
Expertise
Economics, Monetary Policy, Behavioral Economics, Game Theory, Econometrics, Forecasting

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

Yohely
MS
Expertise
biochemistry, bioengineering, human diseases, disease treatment, genetics, DNA/RNA, bacterial culture, anti microbial resistance, genetic sequencing, microbial testing

Nigel
MS candidate
Expertise
machine learning, artificial intelligence, data science, data analytics, python programming, statistics

DaVante
PhD candidate
Expertise
Quantum Mechanics, Statistical Mechanics, Machine Learning, Quantum Information

Hannah
MSE
Expertise
Games, Animation, Computer Graphics, Simulation, Robotics, Computer Vision, Computer Science, Business Development, Entrepreneurship, Study Skills, Math, Software Eng, AppDev, GameDev

bu
PhD
Expertise
Survey research, Statistics, Quantitative research, Data analysis, Data Visualization, Business Intelligence

Thomas
PhD candidate
Expertise
Physics: semiconductor, quantum, astrophysics, electromagnetism, nuclear. Mathematics: algebra, calculus, data set manipulation with code. Computer science: AI model training and testing, ML applications and integration. Mechanical engineering: Heat transfer, fluid mechanics, designing practical experiements/tools

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

Shae
PhD candidate
Expertise
coding, calculus, modeling, online game creation, epidemiology, biostatistics

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








