280 Alameda Biology Tutors

...I am knowledgeable in a wide variety of subjects and have taken three advanced placement classes during my years at high school. I utilize both the traditional and Socratic teaching methods, and I am very "hands-on" with the subjects I teach. I strive to promote a comfortable environment for both students and parents, while tutoring the student... read more

...I then continued to develop and use the skills I learned throughout my high school and college career. I ended up taking four semesters of college calculus! Without algebra, it is very difficult to do the higher maths! The first biology class I took was in 9th grade as a pre-IB track course. I then moved on to taking AP biology my junior year. In... read more

After teaching Microbiology and other biology courses in local community colleges for 10 years, I realized that my true love is working one-on-one with students rather than in a classroom setting. This allows me to observe the individual student's learning style and tailor my teaching accordingly. I call myself a geek because I have so much passion... read more

...By my senior year, I obtained a teaching assistantship for a graduate level class on Computational Modeling of Cellular Systems, which was a challenging course that combined advanced math and cell biology. I was the first ever undergraduate student to teach a graduate course in my department. As a doctoral student at UC Berkeley, I assisted in teaching... read more

...I've been lucky enough to experience it not only in the classroom, but firsthand, from the genetics laboratory to the African savanna! It is my goal to share what I've learned about biology and the natural world with others, and in my opinion, one-on-one tutoring is the way to go. Particularly with biology, which can seem very abstract when you're... read more