Helping you understand scientific methods, topics, and thinking

Chris H.

I am a trained researcher, receiving my Ph.D. in 2019, with experience in academic and industrial/commercial science and translational biomedicine. With a background in biomedical sciences and interdisciplinary biomed-tech, I have mentored and taught senior high school, undergrad, and graduate students for well over a decade in online, classroom, small group, and one on one formats -- in the capacities of adjunct faculty, active researcher, and independent educator/consultant. I engage students in the form of inferential thinking used by experienced scientific practitioners, as well as college prep, MCAT prep, core (1st/2nd year) medical school foundations coursework, and career advising.

I utilize historical and modern case study to highlight the often meandering and conflicted scientific landscape, the ever-important roles of falsification, integrity, and ethics. How one thinks about a concept, method, model, or idea is often the most important aspect of research. Most scientific information involves abstractions built-up through inferences and deductions.

I instruct and tutor on a range of topics from discipline specific foundations (biological, molecular, chemical, analytical, pharmacological, biophysical, biomedical) to the empirical methods, literature analysis, and writing that guides aspiring researchers in grad school. My instruction is tailored to both student-provided material and de-novo lesson work.

My methodology with students seeks to build confidence 'in the unknown', to build understanding through visualization, and to build the mental muscles that result in "finally getting it". Tutoring is distinct from teaching (whether lecture, didactic, Socratic, etc.). My objective with all students is to give them the tools to master their own learning journey, now and into the future.