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Jordan H.

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Hello! I'm Jordan, an educator with a Ph.D. from Cornell University. My areas of expertise encompass data science, computational science, business analytics, optimization modeling, simulation, engineering, biological sciences, biochemistry, accounting, and finance. My versatile background, spanning academia, industry, and government, equips me to assist both STEM and business students. Parents, I also specialize in AP Biology, USABO competition, and ISEF research for high schoolers!

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Hello! I'm Jordan, an educator with a Ph.D. from Cornell University. My areas of expertise encompass data science, computational science, business analytics, optimization modeling, simulation, engineering, biological sciences, biochemistry, accounting, and finance. My versatile background, spanning academia, industry, and government, equips me to assist both STEM and business students. Parents, I also specialize in AP Biology, USABO competition, and ISEF research for high schoolers!

My passion lies in cutting-edge domains like decision intelligence, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. I employ an integrated teaching approach, using tools like Python, Power Query, Power Pivot, and predictive modeling to provide a comprehensive educational experience. Additionally, I offer expertise in no code platforms such as RapidMiner and Excel Solver for professional development. With a strong foundation in college-level teaching, I excel in guiding students through a year of Biology, ensuring a solid grasp of crucial concepts. Furthermore, my research proficiency in metabolic network modeling, validated by contributions to peer-reviewed journals, positions me as a valuable mentor for both graduate students and secondary school students engaged in research. Coupled with my background in public accounting and financial controllership services, I'm uniquely equipped to assist business professionals and MBA candidates in enhancing their skill set.

In my role as a dedicated tutor mentor and coach, I take pride in helping students conquer learning challenges and reach their full potential. I understand that each individual learns differently and faces unique obstacles along the way. Through personalized instruction, patient guidance, and practical applications, I'm committed to breaking down those barriers and fostering mastery learning. I'm here to provide the support you need to overcome hurdles and thrive. Together, let's dial in academic excellence, career advancement and achievement of your goals!

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Education

University of California, Davis
Biology
Cornell University
PhD

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Biochemistry

Biochemistry

Master biochemistry topics with lessons from molecular design to metabolism. Review protein structure and amino acid acid-base properties, enzymes and kinetics. Understand lipids, cell membranes, channels and pumps. Study energy metabolism such as glycolysis, citric acid cycle, oxidative phosphorylation, lipid metabolism, and the reactions of photosynthesis. Learn anabolic metabolism like amino acid and nucleic acid biosynthesis. Dial in metabolic networks and flux balance analysis (FBA). Learn quantitatative metabolic modeling and simulation using computational toolboxes like COBRA. Use COPASI for enzyme kinetic modeling. Mine the metabolic knowledgebase with KEGG and BioCyc.
Biology

Biology

Dial in all things Biology. Draw on study strategies coming from years of experience teaching college majors pre-med Biology lecture and laboratory. Get ahead in Intro Bio, or catch up with lecture or laboratory. Learn reporting of scientific data and how to improve scientific writing like laboratory reports. Ace your science presentation. Study for exams. Prepare for standardized tests like the SAT Biology E/M Subject Test. Get involved with independent studies and summer research. Lessons in Introductory Biology / General Biology customized for pre-med majors or non-majors, high school students to adults, AP Honors or CP Biology, beginner to advanced, community college to university, academic competitions including USA Biolympiad (USABO) the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Science Bowl (NSB).
Botany

Botany

Dial in plant biology/botany/plant science from plant anatomy and plant morphology, plant physiology and plant biochemistry, plant nutrition and plant hormones, plant cell biology, and plant evolution and diversity. Master plant energy metabolism such as glycolysis, citric acid cycle, oxidative phosphorylation, lipid metabolism, and the reactions of photosynthesis. Review pigment biosynthesis such as chlorophyll. Understand plant diversity from algae protists, bryophytes, seedless vascular plants, gymnosperms, and flowering plants (angiosperms). Study plant genetic engineering and plant biotechnology including plant tissue culture. Learn all things plant biology from beginner to advanced, high school to adult.
Business

Business

My experience includes quantitative business, business analytics, optimization models, linear programming, decision making, business intelligence, and dashboards. Advanced analytics, data mining and data visualization is done in Power Pivot, DAX, Python, Power Query and Excel. Data tools include Excel Solver and Python Pandas. Business research methods include literature review and proposal writing, analyzing quantitative data, and academic research reports.
Career Development

Career Development

My career development experience has been using my expertise in academic research, papers, presentations, essays, and independent studies, to help students explore science through research projects, internships and competitions. Graduating with honors from UC Davis, my senior thesis was published in an internationally renowned journal, and as a PhD student at Cornell University, I received honorable mention for the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP). As a PhD researcher at a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Laboratory, I was a (HHMI) Howard Hughes Medical Institute Teaching Fellow, and I served as a research mentor for the DOE Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI) program, Community College Internships (CCI), High School Research Program for high school students and teachers, science fairs, and the Science Talent Search (Regeneron STS). I also have experience with polishing resumes, curriculum vitae (CV), portfolios, and applications for college, internships and fellowships.
Chemistry

Chemistry

Experience includes solving quantitative chemistry problems and informatics for chemistry. Studies relate to structure of molecules, chemical bonding, and biomass composition. Equations are used to predict and describe chemistry such as oxidation-reduction reactions, acid-base, equilibrium, and kinetics. Expertise is in stoichiometry of chemical reactions, charge balancing, carbon conversion efficiency, energetics of chemical reactions, thermodynamics, and biochemistry including photosynthesis / photochemistry. Lessons cover Honors Chemistry and AP Chemistry topics such as scientific method, dimensional analysis, quantitative analysis, laboratory chemistry, and chemical nomenclature.
College Counseling

College Counseling

My expertise includes independent studies and mentored research experiences. Experience includes 10+ years teaching majors pre-medical Biology at the college level, both lecture and laboratory. As a biochemist at a U.S. Department of Energy National Laboratory, I mentored summer internship research projects for high school and college students. I am actively engaged in community outreach and service activities rooted in scholarship.
Data Science

Data Science

My data science qualifications include specialization in data analysis, optimization, predictive modeling and simulation. I am a PhD with several publications in peer-reviewed journals. Data science experience includes machine learning algorithms, databases, optimization modeling, mathematical modeling, statistical modeling, and numerical methods. Methods I teach include simple and multiple linear regression, logistic regression, Perceptron, neural networks, k-nearest neighbors (KNN), k-means clustering, hierarchical clustering, differential equation based dynamic modeling, Runge-Kutta methods, linear programming, integer programming, and mixed integer programming. Python, MATLAB, Excel, and Power Query are used during lessons for computational analysis. In addition to coding methods from scratch, we use toolboxes and software including Excel Solver, Python Gurobi (gurobipy), CVXOPT, AMPL, CPLEX, NumPy, SciPy, Pandas, RapidMiner, sci-kit learn, and WEKA. Applications of these approaches focus on problems in biochemical science and engineering, bioinformatics, systems biology, business analytics, management science, decision science, operations research and business intelligence.
Financial Accounting

Financial Accounting

Financial accounting and reporting. Business accounting. Tax accounting.
Genetics

Genetics

Experience includes teaching Mendelian and molecular genetics at the college level and researching high-quality genome-scale metabolic network reconstructions. Techniques include solving quantitative problems in genetics using probability rules, fork line methods, Punnet square, pedigree analysis, Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) and other databases.
HTML

HTML

Drawing from my experience in web development and blogging, I have a specialized skill set that includes HTML, CSS, Markdown, Jekyll and GitHub Pages. I have successfully designed and optimized Jekyll-based websites for blogging, with GitHub Pages for hosting. I also teach integration with Latex, Plotly, Google Colab, Flask, Google Cloud Run, Firebase (Realtime Database and Firestore Database), and ChatGPT prompt engineering. Applications include portfolios and websites.
Linux

Linux

Use Linux for computational science and engineering. I set up my students with Ububntu Linux and we install Python coding evironments such as Jupyter Notebook and scientific programming packages such as numpy, scipy, and pandas. I also teach how to use the shell and write shell scripts, including Raspberry Pi and Arduino.
MATLAB

MATLAB

Learn from 15+ years experience programming in MATLAB. Develop advanced MATLAB applications for science and engineering projects. I have mentored several high school and university students using the MATLAB language for their computational research projects, and have published 5 scientific research papers that used the MATLAB environment for computational analysis.
MCAT

MCAT

Review MCAT topics drawing on the experience of a Biochemist and pre-medical majors Biology professor. Strengthen foundations in the fundamentals of biological science and biochemistry. Review strategies for qualitative and quantitative problem solving. Practice problems. Take an oral quiz on a range of topics to see how well you are doing.
Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel

Dial in dynamic Excel applications with cutting-edge tutoring for science, technology, engineering, mathematics, business, accounting and finance. For various subject matters of interest, integrate pivot tables, mathematical modeling and simulation, big data, data mining, data transformation, financial ledgers. Easily use PowerQuery and interface with Excel Pivot Tables. Develop a computational data analytics toolbox industry professionals are using. Learn all things data for the STEM and business pathways, MBA candidates, business startups, from beginner to advanced, high school to adult.
Python

Python

Take Python coding to the next level. Learn to code in Python from the basics to advanced. Get started with a coding project in Jupyter Notebook and Google Colaboratory. Build dashboards and learn toolboxes such as Plotly. Dial in web app development using Flask. Analyze data in Pandas and machine learning toolboxes with applications from finance, business, science and engineering. Draw on experience at a DOE national laboratory mentoring high school and college students in computational science research. Lessons customized for all ages.
QuickBooks

QuickBooks

As a Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor I provide independent QuickBooks training and setup services. My experience includes teaching analytics for QuickBooks data, answering questions about QuickBooks, and supporting QuickBooks users. Expertise is in financial accounting, bookkeeping, reporting, period and year-end close procedures, payroll, automation, and Intuit Interchange Format (iif) files.
Statistics

Statistics

My proficiency is in statistical modeling, data and analytics, spanning from descriptive statistics, probability, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing, including the Chi-squared test, to advanced time series analysis, regression modeling, analysis of variance (ANOVA), and Monte Carlo simulation. With a comprehensive background in Python, Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, Data Analysis ToolPak, and GeoPandas I excel in data modeling, stochastic modeling, and data visualizations. Additionally, my proficiency extends to Natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning techniques like decision trees, Naive Bayes, Rapid Miner, Principal Component Analysis (PCA), Uniform Manifold Approximation and Projection (UMAP), and t-Distributed Stochastic Neighbor Embedding (t-SNE). I possess hands-on experience in leveraging Python's statsmodels library, Apriori association rules, Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), and sampling methods (random sampling, oversampling, undersampling).
Tax Accounting

Tax Accounting

I'm a California Tax Education Council (CTEC) Registered Tax Preparer (CRTP) and PhD with 8 years of experience in tax accounting. While my background is in tax preparation and accounting services, I also have a passion for teaching and have been actively involved in tutoring on various aspects of tax planning and compliance. My tutoring expertise includes explaining tax concepts, tax return preparation, and tax strategies. If you're looking for personalized, educational support in navigating the world of taxation, I'm here to help.
Writing

Writing

In my role as a coach and mentor for Society for Science (STS) programs such as the Junior Innovators Challenge (JIC) and the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), along with affiliated science fairs, I provide instruction in academic writing that encompasses research proposals, experimental design, reporting, and presentation. Take scientific writing to the next level with coaching for the STEM pathways. For your subject matters of interest, learn to outline and compose background information, problems, questions, justification, objectives, hypotheses, rationale, methods, and main message. Concisely and clearly develop the title, introduction, results, discussion, conclusion and references. Properly summarize data in figures and tables. Integrate with science fair, lab reports, resumes, research proposals, portfolios, college applications, engineering / science projects and presentations.
Elementary Science
JavaScript
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Word
Physical Science
R
SQL

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An excellent tutor

Jordan is an answer to a prayer and one of the best tutors ever!!! He really helped my daughters comprehension. He is a gifted teacher and communicator!

Rose, 6 lessons with Jordan

Informative and helpful mentor

We are very grateful that you introduced our student to the world of serious research competitions, first at the regional fair and then at the state fair. It has been a great learning opportunity for us all. Our child is already looking forward to next year. We’re thrilled to see the growth! Thank you for your continued support and guidance.  "

Lei, 77 lessons with Jordan

Knowledgeable and patient tutor

Jordan is a very knowledgeable and patient tutor! He has been tutoring my son for about two month. He helps him preparing Top-notch competition biology training with effective strategies that help master key concepts. My son learned a lot from his lessons. We highly recommend him as tutor! Thank you!

Annie, 10 lessons with Jordan

Outstanding job. Highly recommended

We worked on advanced data mining in RapidMiner. We learned new plots. We focused on insights and recommendations for operations management. And the justification for using Rapid Miner compared to traditional approaches. We continued learning how to use RapidMiner to build and evaluate classification models while exploring key concepts in exploratory data analysis (EDA) and statistics. We discussed the importance of data cleaning and preprocessing, such as removing columns, to prepare datasets for analysis. Using RapidMiner, we visualized data distributions, examined relationships between variables, and identified patterns that could impact model performance. Finally, we built and evaluated classification models like Decision Trees and Random Forests, learning how to interpret results and use them to make data-driven decisions. Jordan was great! I would highly recommend him as a tutor or a programmer.

Patrick, 10 lessons with Jordan

knowledgeable and supportive mentor

Jordan has been mentoring my daughter for the past three months as she prepares for a science research fair. His deep expertise, dedication, and supportive approach have been invaluable throughout the process. I highly recommend him for high school students pursuing independent research.

Mina, 27 lessons with Jordan

Exceptional guidance and support in astrobiology science fair project

I want to express my sincere gratitude for the support and guidance Jordan provided during my son's astrobiology project for the regional science fair. Your expertise in biology, astrobiology, python programming, and thoughtful approach to develop the hypothesis of his choice and perform experiments using python programming, made a significant impact on his understanding and work. The multiple sessions we had with you were invaluable, and your patience and dedication helped him refine his ideas and foster a deeper passion for science. Thank you for your outstanding mentorship, being very patient with him, and for helping him achieve his best work!

Jay, 20 lessons with Jordan

Informative and helpful mentor

Jordan is has been very helpful in preparing my son for college applications. They have been working diligently on a science fair project for a while, my son has learned a lot from these lessons.

Lei, 77 lessons with Jordan

Knowledgeable and patient tutor

Jordan is teaching me business analytics . He is very knowledgeable and explains everything to me. I was considering dropping the class, but after working with Jordan, I decided to stay in the class and improve my grade tremendously . Thank you Jordan!

Fariba, 7 lessons with Jordan

Great tutor

Jordan has been helping my daughter on a stem project. My daughter really enjoys working with Jordan. He is a wonderful and knowledgeable scientist who also likes to teach. .

Janet, 30 lessons with Jordan

Very thorough!

The professor takes the time to make sure you understand concepts intimately, and how to combine them to solve problems!

John, 4 lessons with Jordan
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