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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.

Music
Teryn

Teryn

PhD candidate

Expertise

Entrepreneurship, Startups, Venture Capital, Business, Project Management, Neurobiology. I will coach you on creating a pitch deck for your startup idea and will connect you to funding opportunities in my network.

Chloris

Chloris

MS

Expertise

speech-language pathology, psychology, health, video editing, music composition

Shomik

Shomik

PhD candidate

Expertise

Renewable energy (solar), heat transfer, computational materials science

Daiki

Daiki

MS candidate

Expertise

computer graphics, simulation and animation, 3D art, computer music, music technology, composition, math, physics, signal processing

Samantha

Samantha

MD/PhD candidate

Expertise

Traumatic brain injury, epilepsy, computational neuroscience, virology & viral entry, violin performance

Caroline

Caroline

MA

Expertise

Music, Marketing, Communications, Media Studies, Anthropology, Ethnography, Leadership, Administration, and Operations

Grace

Grace

PhD candidate

Expertise

sensory neuroscience, 2 photon calcium imaging, behavior, social behavior, electrophyisology

Matthew

Matthew

PhD candidate

Expertise

Graphic design, data science, sustainability, participatory design, information design, sound design, film making, photography, creative writing, user experience design

Parisa

Parisa

DMA

Expertise

Acoustic and electroacoustic music composition; Music Entrepreneurship; Music Production; Music Theory, Sound Design/Introduction to DAWs

Rebecca

Rebecca

PhD candidate

Expertise

Game Development, Game Design, Game Audio, Unity, Unreal Engine (Blueprints and MetaSounds), Computer Music, Music Production, Music Composition, Music Performance, Music Improvisation

Helena

Helena

Industry expert

Expertise

Mathematics, Music, Linguistics

Elyssa

Elyssa

Industry expert

Expertise

Sociological studies, Education, Ethnomusicology, Migration Studies, Developmental Psychology, Musical Analysis, Literary Analysis.

Tom

Tom

MA

Expertise

Music composition, music theory, music history, film scoring, music technology

Terence

Terence

MBA candidate

Expertise

All Business related topics, Data Analytics in Business, Management, Music Related Projects, Data Science Related Projects

Cody

Cody

Industry expert

Expertise

Music, Film Scoring

Sam

Sam

PhD candidate

Expertise

Film studies + production, American literature, History, Economics, Music

Shaylyn

Shaylyn

PhD

Expertise

Developmental biology, cell biology, developmental neuroscience, sensory neuroscience, hearing development, hearing loss, psychology of music, societal importance of music, medicine, LGBTQ public health issues, healthcare access issues

Will

Will

PhD candidate

Expertise

philosophy of language (and linguistics), cognitive science (especially neuroscience and psychology), environmental ethics, ethics of artificial intelligence

Brandon

Brandon

MA

Expertise

Game Design/Development, learning the process of creating a game from start to finish, analyzing and creating games that have a transformational impact on the player

Natalie

Natalie

PhD candidate

Expertise

Music Theory; Music Cognition; Music Psychology; Linguistics; Media Studies