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Kate

Certified Tutor

Kate

Masters, Environmental Engineering
Kate's other Tutor Subjects
AP Calculus BC
AP Calculus AB
College Algebra
Pre-Calculus

Kate approaches biology through the lens of someone trained in environmental systems, which means topics like ecology, nutrient cycling, and cellular respiration get grounded in how living organisms actually interact with their surroundings. She's equally comfortable walking through genetics problem...

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Masters, Environmental Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Bachelors

Test Scores
SAT
1580
Zachary

Certified Tutor

10+ years

Zachary

Bachelors, Biochemistry and Biophysics
Zachary's other Tutor Subjects
Trigonometry
Statistics
Calculus
Algebra

From cell division to ecological systems, biology rewards students who can see how details connect to larger themes — like understanding how DNA replication errors link to both evolution and cancer biology. Zachary earned his degree in biochemistry and biophysics, which means he teaches biological c...

Education

Yale University

Bachelors, Biochemistry and Biophysics

Test Scores
SAT
1530
ACT
33
Annie

Certified Tutor

9+ years

Annie

Current Grad Student, MD
Annie's other Tutor Subjects
Pre-Algebra
Middle School Math
Calculus
Algebra

UCLA's Physiological Sciences program forced Annie to learn biology backward from how most students first encounter it — starting with how organ systems fail in disease, then drilling down into the cellular and molecular mechanisms that explain why. That perspective, now deepened by medical school, ...

Education

University of California Los Angeles

Bachelors, Physiological Sciences

Drexel University College of Medicine

Current Grad Student, MD

Test Scores
SAT
1540
Shayan

Certified Tutor

Shayan

Current Grad Student, Pre-Health
Shayan's other Tutor Subjects
Calculus
Algebra
Nutrition
Biochemistry

Shayan's biology degree and current pre-health graduate work at Penn mean he's cycled through core topics like genetics, cell biology, and ecological systems multiple times — each pass adding clinical context that makes the material stick. He teaches in examples, grounding abstract processes like si...

Education

University at Buffalo

Bachelors, Biology, General

University of Pennsylvania

Current Grad Student, Pre-Health

Test Scores
SAT
1440
Daniel

Certified Tutor

6+ years

Daniel

Bachelor of Science, Biology, General
Daniel's other Tutor Subjects
Pre-Algebra
Calculus
Algebra
Cell Biology

Few tutors bring the depth of biological knowledge that comes from completing nearly four years of medical school at Penn. Daniel digs into everything from Mendelian genetics and evolution to organ system physiology, adjusting his explanations based on whether a student needs introductory clarity or...

Education

Wheaton College (Illinois)

Bachelor of Science, Biology, General

Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Doctor of Medicine, Premedicine

Rachel

Certified Tutor

4+ years

Rachel

Doctorate in Nursing Practice, Executive Leadership
Rachel's other Tutor Subjects
Calculus
Algebra
Nutrition
Microbiology

Between a Bachelor of Science in Biology and a career that runs through nursing, public health, and patient safety, Rachel has applied biological principles across an unusually wide range of contexts. She unpacks everything from cellular respiration and genetics to organ-system physiology with the k...

Education

Duke University

Doctorate in Nursing Practice, Executive Leadership

DeSales University

Bachelor of Science, Biology, General

Duke University

Doctor of Medicine, Clinical Nurse Leader

Jason

Certified Tutor

14+ years

Jason

PHD, Medicine and Education
Jason's other Tutor Subjects
College Algebra
Arithmetic
Statistics
Middle School Math

A fourth-year medical student at Penn, Jason sees biology not as a collection of vocabulary terms but as interconnected systems — how cell signaling drives gene expression, how metabolic pathways feed into one another, how evolution explains structural similarities across species. He unpacks these c...

Education

University of Pennsylvania

PHD, Medicine and Education

University of Pennsylvania

Master's degree in Education

Yale University

Bachelor's degree in History

Test Scores
SAT
1470
ACT
34
Kristin

Certified Tutor

9+ years

Kristin

Master of Science, Nursing (RN)
Kristin's other Tutor Subjects
Calculus
Algebra
Microbiology
Biology

From cell division to ecological systems, biology requires connecting processes across wildly different scales. Kristin's BA in Biological Sciences from the University of Chicago gave her deep fluency with molecular biology, genetics, and physiology — and her current nursing program at Penn keeps th...

Education

University of Pennsylvania

Master of Science, Nursing (RN)

University of Chicago

Bachelor in Arts, Biology, General

University of Chicago

BA in Biological Sciences (minor in Philosophy)

Test Scores
SAT
1400
ACT
31
Mary

Certified Tutor

Mary

Bachelor's Degree in Biological Engineering
Mary's other Tutor Subjects
Pre-Algebra
Arithmetic
Middle School Math
Elementary Math

A Cornell biological engineering degree means Mary didn't just study biology — she applied it, working at the intersection of living systems and quantitative analysis. She's especially strong on cell biology, genetics, and molecular mechanisms because her coursework demanded deep fluency in all thre...

Education

Cornell University

Bachelor's Degree in Biological Engineering

Test Scores
SAT
1430
ACT
32
Kathleen

Certified Tutor

9+ years

Kathleen

M.S.Ed in Secondary Science Education
Kathleen's other Tutor Subjects
Calculus
Algebra
AP Biology
AP Chemistry

Ten years of teaching biochemistry to 10th graders and chemistry to 12th graders at a Philadelphia magnet school means Kathleen has watched thousands of students wrestle with the exact points where biology gets confusing — the shift from memorizing organelle names to actually understanding how photo...

Education

University of Pennsylvania

M.S.Ed in Secondary Science Education

Haverford College

Bachelor of Science, Chemistry

Test Scores
ACT
32

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