Hi, I'm Preston. I have a PhD in Biomolecular Sciences and work as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, where I study how proteins work at the molecular level. I finished my PhD with a 4.0 GPA and my biology degree with a 3.95, and I've published eight peer-reviewed papers. But the part of science I've always liked most is explaining it to someone until it clicks.
I tutored throughout graduate school [FILL IN: years / number of students /...
Hi, I'm Preston. I have a PhD in Biomolecular Sciences and work as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, where I study how proteins work at the molecular level. I finished my PhD with a 4.0 GPA and my biology degree with a 3.95, and I've published eight peer-reviewed papers. But the part of science I've always liked most is explaining it to someone until it clicks.
I tutored throughout graduate school [FILL IN: years / number of students / subjects], and in the lab I've trained rotating undergraduate and graduate students and new research staff on everything from basic technique to experimental design. That experience taught me something most tutoring profiles don't say out loud: biology isn't hard because it's complicated. It's hard because it's usually taught as memorization. Almost everything in biology has an underlying logic — why an enzyme behaves the way it does, why a membrane lets some things through and not others, why one mutation causes a specific disease — and once you see the logic, the memorizing mostly takes care of itself.
What I tutor:
High school and AP Biology
College biology: intro/general biology, cell biology, molecular biology, genetics, microbiology, biochemistry, biophysics
MCAT Biological and Biochemical Foundations (the Bio/Biochem section)
Upper-level and graduate coursework in biochemistry and molecular biophysics, plus help with lab reports, research proposals, and reading primary literature
