Hello! I hold a Ph.D. in physics from Penn State, where I spent more than five years as a teaching assistant. I taught undergraduates across the physics curriculum: introductory mechanics, electricity and magnetism, lab sections, and upper-level physics courses. My students came from nearly every major, including life sciences, engineering, and physics, and ranged from first-years meeting college physics for the first time to physics majors tackling advanced material. Calculus and linear...
Hello! I hold a Ph.D. in physics from Penn State, where I spent more than five years as a teaching assistant. I taught undergraduates across the physics curriculum: introductory mechanics, electricity and magnetism, lab sections, and upper-level physics courses. My students came from nearly every major, including life sciences, engineering, and physics, and ranged from first-years meeting college physics for the first time to physics majors tackling advanced material. Calculus and linear algebra were the everyday tools in all of it, so I'm just as comfortable tutoring those subjects on their own.
After my Ph.D., I worked in quantitative risk at Goldman Sachs, where calculus, linear algebra, and probability were part of my daily work, and where I regularly mentored colleagues who were learning new quantitative methods. That experience taught me to explain technical ideas clearly to people from different backgrounds, and it lets me show students how these subjects are actually used outside the classroom.
I work with high school students (including AP Physics and AP Calculus), college students, and adult learners. Our first lesson starts with understanding where you are: what makes sense, where you get stuck, and what you're aiming for, whether that's a test, a course grade, or a career goal. From there, I focus on the reasoning behind each method before the formulas, work through problems with you rather than for you, and ask you to explain ideas back to me so we both know they've stuck. My goal isn't just to get you through the next problem set. It's to help things click so you can take on new problems with confidence.
I think of learning physics like hiking. The trail can look steep, but with the right guide every step gets easier and the view keeps getting better. Let's start climbing!
