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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
Kathy

Kathy

PhD

Expertise

Adolescent brain development; learning and decision making; developmental cognitive neuroscience; social motivation

Kyle

Kyle

PhD

Expertise

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

Macrina

Macrina

PhD

Expertise

Psychology, social psychology, cognitive psychology, neuroscience, political psychology

Brock

Brock

PhD

Expertise

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

John Aaron

John Aaron

PhD

Expertise

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

Alexandra

Alexandra

PhD

Expertise

Molecular Neuroscience, with an emphasis in biochemistry and structural biology

Sarah

Sarah

PhD

Expertise

music and memory, psychology, cognitive science, science and arts, neuroscience of music, music psychology, nostalgia, music-evoked emotions, emotion, projects related to human aging

Dante

Dante

PhD candidate

Expertise

Neuroscience, Computational Neuroscience, RNA-SEQ, Bioinformatics

Salvador

Salvador

PhD

Expertise

Systems and Behavioral Neuroscience, Molecular Neuroscience, Fear and Anxiety Neuroscience Research

Christine

Christine

PhD

Expertise

Computational Biology, Neuroscience, Psychology, Aging

Jacques

Jacques

PhD candidate

Expertise

history of science, philosophy of science, neuropharmacology, neuroscience of interoception, cognitive science, computational neuroscience

JoColl

JoColl

PhD

Expertise

Neuroscience, Psychiatrics, Anxiety, PTSD, Endocrinology, Sensory Systems, Anatomy, Down Syndrome, development disorders in animals and humans, media creations and management, blogging health topics, health,

Daphne

Daphne

PhD

Expertise

exercise psychology, exercise physiology, motor behavior, biomechanics, and kinesiology

Molly

Molly

PhD

Expertise

Clinical Psychology, Neuropsychology, Alzheimer's disease/dementia, healthy aging, Music therapies, Art therapies, Neurodiversity, Multicultural psychology/neuropsychology, Social determinants of health

Melissa

Melissa

MA candidate

Expertise

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

Edward

Edward

Industry expert

Expertise

Neurobiology, behavior science, psychology

Katie

Katie

PhD

Expertise

cognitive psychology, learning, technology

Evan

Evan

PhD

Expertise

psychology, neuroscience

Akihiro

Akihiro

PhD

Expertise

physics, systems neuroscience, microscopy, neural correlates of behavior

Kristina

Kristina

MS candidate

Expertise

Anything involving the mind, brain, and behavior