Researchers and practitioners. Matched by field.
Every Research Scholar mentor is an active researcher or equivalent research professional, selected for academic strength, communication ability and expertise in the subject. Research Scholar matching draws on doctoral and postdoctoral researchers across medicine, engineering, AI, economics, law, the humanities and beyond. Field Seminars and Academic Essentials are matched on the same principle: the person whose expertise fits the work, which in applied fields often means a practitioner.
What makes an Aldevere mentor
Researchers and practitioners
Research Scholar mentors are PhD candidates, postdoctoral researchers, or equivalent research profiles. Field Seminars and Academic Essentials are led by whoever knows the field best. In applied subjects that is often a practising specialist, because an architect who has built teaches architecture better than someone who has only read about it.
Matched by field, not calendar
A student interested in behavioural economics works with someone who researches it. A student exploring neuroscience works with a neuroscientist. The quality of mentorship depends on genuine subject proximity.
Selected for communication
Academic expertise is necessary but not sufficient. Mentors who join Aldevere can engage a high school student, translate the demands of their field without condescending, and challenge thinking without overwhelming it.
Meet the mentors
DPhil · Political Science & Migration Studies
University of Oxford
Holds a DPhil in political science from the University of Oxford, with research in migration studies. Supports students building research projects in politics, international relations and migration, from framing a researchable question to working with evidence, sources and argument.
Mentors for: Research Scholar · Field Seminars
Postdoctoral Researcher · Archaeology & Anthropology
University of Cambridge
Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Cambridge specialising in prehistory. Work spans archaeology, anthropology, museums and heritage, including scientific approaches to questions about the human past. Supports students building research projects on early societies, material culture and cultural diversity.
Mentors for: Research Scholar · Field Seminars
Postdoctoral Associate · AI Security & Large Language Models
New York University Abu Dhabi
Postdoctoral researcher with a PhD from New York University, working at the intersection of cybersecurity and AI, with a focus on the security of large language models and their behaviour in multi-agent environments. Research spans transparent and interpretable AI across academia and industry. Supports students interested in how environment shapes the behaviour of LLM agents and the security of AI systems.
Mentors for: Research Scholar · Field Seminars
PhD Candidate · Islamic Studies & Arabic Literature
Harvard University
Doctoral researcher at Harvard University specialising in Arabic literature, Quranic studies, and Sufi thought, with over five years of teaching experience. Guides students through primary source analysis, close reading, and the construction of interpretive arguments in cultural, historical, and religious studies research.
Mentors for: Field Seminars
Doctoral Researcher · Biomedical Engineering & 3D Bioprinting
Brigham and Women's Hospital · Harvard Medical School
Doctoral researcher in biomedical engineering at Brigham and Women's Hospital, a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital, with joint training at New York University Tandon School of Engineering. Research focuses on tissue engineering, 3D bioprinting, and organ-on-a-chip platforms. Supports students working at the intersection of biology, engineering, and translational medicine.
Mentors for: Field Seminars
Visiting Associate Professor · Architecture History & Theory
Pratt Institute
Architectural historian with a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania and more than ten years of teaching. Work spans architecture, heritage, the built environment and visual culture. Supports students building research projects in architectural history, urbanism, heritage and visual culture.
Mentors for: Research Scholar · Field Seminars
Lecturer · Chemical & Environmental Engineering
University of British Columbia
Full-time engineering lecturer at the University of British Columbia, with a PhD from McGill University, specialising in water treatment and environmental engineering. Supports students building projects in chemical and environmental engineering, engineering design and decision-making.
Mentors for: Research Scholar · Field Seminars
DPhil Candidate · History
University of Oxford (Merton College)
DPhil candidate at the University of Oxford specialising in modern history, with undergraduate training at New York University. Research draws on archival sources, historiography, and comparative analysis to examine political and intellectual developments of the modern world. Supports students building research projects in history, politics, and the humanities, from formulating a historical question through to constructing a well-evidenced argument.
Mentors for: Field Seminars
Project Architect & BIM Specialist · Architecture & Urban Design
Goring & Straja Studio, Milan
Practising architect in Milan, trained at the Polytechnic University of Milan, working across architectural and urban design and the coordination of architecture with structural and building-services engineering. Guides students through design fundamentals and spatial thinking, where architecture meets engineering, urbanism and sociology, and building a portfolio for competitive architecture courses.
Mentors for: Field Seminars
Affiliations describe individual mentors' experience and do not imply institutional endorsement.
And many more.
Our mentor network spans additional researchers across medicine, engineering, the social sciences, law, and the humanities, including profiles not listed here. Matching to your student's specific field happens at the interview.
Mentorship across six disciplines
If no mentor in our network fits a student's question, we recruit one who does. We discuss the student's area of interest at the interview and confirm the mentor in writing before the first session.
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Mentor matching begins after the interview, once we understand the student's research direction and field of interest.
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