Award-Winning Science Tutors
serving Portland, ME

Between a Caltech degree spanning economics and computer science, coursework that ranged from AP Chemistry to physics and engineering, and a 1580 SAT, Brian has unusually deep firsthand experience with the scientific disciplines most tutors only teach from a textbook. He's especially strong on the quantitative backbone of science — setting up equations from word problems, interpreting data sets, and connecting mathematical models to physical phenomena like thermodynamics or mechanics.

A social sciences master's degree means Lauren spent years doing what science coursework actually asks of students — reading studies, questioning methodology, and pulling defensible conclusions from messy data. She's particularly good at walking through how to set up a controlled experiment and explain results in plain language, since her own graduate research required exactly that. Rated 5.0 by students.

A mechanical engineering grad student who builds things, breaks things, and troubleshoots what went wrong — Aaron brings that same hands-on diagnostic process to science topics like forces, energy, properties of matter, and experimental design. His 1530 SAT confirms the analytical horsepower, and his 5.0 rating suggests he explains the reasoning behind results in a way that actually lands.

Growing up in Malaysia before studying at Penn and completing a Master's in Education at Harvard, Yu picked up science through multiple educational systems — which means she's seen the same concepts taught in very different ways and knows which explanations actually land. She leans on that cross-cultural perspective to teach topics like the scientific method, experimental reasoning, and data interpretation by reframing them until they click. Her chemistry background also lets her go deeper when students hit the quantitative side of science.

Two biology degrees and admission to medical school mean Perry has lived the full arc of science education, from introductory labs to upper-level biochemistry and physiology. He connects abstract concepts like cellular respiration or chemical equilibrium to concrete examples that make the logic stick. Students working with him get someone who genuinely thinks in scientific terms, not just someone reciting definitions.

Scoring in the 99th percentile on the MCAT required Josef to master science across disciplines — biology, chemistry, physics, and biochemistry — and he brings that integrated perspective to every session. Rather than treating each science topic as isolated, he connects ideas like energy transfer in physics to metabolic pathways in biology, showing students how the same principles reappear across fields.

Holding a master's in cellular and molecular biology, Akarsh brings deep content knowledge across biology, chemistry, and physics — the three pillars most science courses draw from. He unpacks concepts like cellular respiration, stoichiometry, or Newton's laws by connecting them to observable, real-world phenomena that make the underlying logic click.

Biology was Joseph's undergraduate focus at UCLA, and his public health master's at Yale keeps him immersed in how scientific concepts apply to real problems like disease transmission and environmental health. He unpacks topics like the scientific method, cell structure, and ecosystems by connecting them to questions students encounter outside the classroom.

Between degrees in psychology and premedicine, Sydny has taken the full sweep of foundational science — biology, chemistry, genetics, and human anatomy. She explains concepts like cellular respiration or chemical bonding by linking them to how the body actually works, turning isolated facts into a coherent story students can reason through on exams.

Studying Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton means Matthew lives in physics, thermodynamics, and applied chemistry daily — subjects that map directly onto high school science curricula. He breaks down concepts like force diagrams, energy conservation, and kinematics using step-by-step problem solving, then builds complexity so students internalize the reasoning rather than just the formulas.

A neurobiology-focused biology degree from Northwestern means Nina didn't just take introductory science — she studied cellular mechanisms, genetics, and brain physiology in depth. She connects textbook concepts like mitosis or enzyme kinetics to real research contexts, which tends to make the material click faster than rote memorization. Rated 5.0 by students.

Pre-health coursework at the University of Pennsylvania means Shayan has lived the full gauntlet — biology, biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology, and anatomy — and knows how to connect those disciplines into a coherent picture. He teaches science by grounding every concept in a concrete example, whether that's explaining cellular respiration through energy metabolism or walking through organ systems one function at a time.