Quantitative Research Program Mentors for High School Students | Polygence
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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.

Quantitative
Zoey

Zoey

MD/PhD candidate

Expertise

economics, medicine, healthcare, public health, policy, data science, classics, biology, chemistry

Lei

Lei

PhD

Expertise

mental health among Asian international and Asian American college students, bilingual (Mandarin/English) counseling, research methods and designs, blog/vlog/podcast creation

Thor

Thor

PhD

Expertise

Economics, Transportation, Urban Planning, Data Science, Climate Change

Choong

Choong

MBA/PhD

Expertise

any projects related to business, market research, consumer behavior, entrepreneurship, and AI.

Sophia

Sophia

MA candidate

Expertise

physics (particle physics, biophysics), history (modern Chinese history, Soviet history, Cold War history, environmental history, intellectual history)

Samantha

Samantha

PhD candidate

Expertise

Marine biology, conservation biology, and international development

Imma

Imma

PhD candidate

Expertise

Sociology, immigration, environment, gender, sexuality, activism, social justice, politics

Ryan

Ryan

PhD

Expertise

physics, astronomy, computational astrophysics, fusion, quantum computing, Reviewing Dark Matter Models, AI/Machine Learning Applied to the Characterization of Exoplanets Observed by JWST, Fermi Analysis of the Drake Equation, cybersecurity, quantum-resistant encryption

Eddie

Eddie

MBA

Expertise

Engineering, Business, Renewable Energy, Energy, Technology, Startups

Richard

Richard

MA

Expertise

Mathematics

Dominique

Dominique

PhD

Expertise

Research, Social Science, Gender Studies, Intersectionality, Applied Statistics, Data Science, Equality and Diversity

Zion

Zion

MBA candidate

Expertise

Business Development Consulting

Jean

Jean

PhD candidate

Expertise

Psychology, sociology, effective writing and presentation skills

Regina

Regina

PhD candidate

Expertise

Education

Henry

Henry

PhD candidate

Expertise

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

Danielle

Danielle

PhD

Expertise

Public Policy, Program Evaluation, Criminal Justice Reform, Prisoner Reentry, Education

Nathan

Nathan

PhD candidate

Expertise

Political Science; public policy; environmental policy

Amin

Amin

PhD candidate

Expertise

Membrane separation/membrane synthesis, online scheduling and optimization, reaction chemistry, heat/mass transport, and thermodynamics.

Wicia

Wicia

PhD candidate

Expertise

social psychology, person perception, inequality, socioeconomic status, social network analysis, text analysis, mental health, well-being,

Alex

Alex

PhD candidate

Expertise

Mathematics