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Shayan
Studying biochemistry at Penn as part of a pre-health track, Shayan lives in the world of enzyme kinetics, metabolic pathways, and protein structure daily. He breaks down dense topics like the citric acid cycle or amino acid chemistry using visual analogies and step-by-step logic that make the conne...
University at Buffalo
Bachelors, Biology, General
University of Pennsylvania
Current Grad Student, Pre-Health

Certified Tutor
5+ years
Sugi
Enzyme kinetics, metabolic pathways, protein structure, nucleic acid chemistry — biochemistry demands that students hold molecular detail and big-picture logic in their heads simultaneously. Sugi graduated summa cum laude with a biochemistry degree from Rice and now applies that knowledge daily in m...
Rice University
Bachelor's degree in Cognitive Science and Biochemistry & Cell Biology
Baylor College of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine, Ophthalmic Technology
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Having served as an undergraduate teaching assistant for introductory biochemistry at Cornell, Josef knows exactly which concepts — cofactor roles, enzyme regulation, the interplay between metabolic pathways — trip students up for the first time. He teaches by showing how biochemistry synthesizes or...
Cornell University
Bachelor of Science
Certified Tutor
6+ years
Connor
Enzyme kinetics, metabolic pathways, protein folding — Connor digs into biochemistry with the depth his biomedical sciences master's from Loyola Chicago demanded. He connects molecular-level details to physiological outcomes, so a student learning about Michaelis-Menten kinetics also understands wha...
Loyola University-Chicago
Master of Arts, Biomedical Sciences
University of Notre Dame
Bachelor of Science
Certified Tutor
8+ years
Aimee
Enzyme kinetics, metabolic pathways, and protein structure sit right at the intersection of Aimee's two degrees — chemical engineering and biosystems engineering. She unpacks topics like Michaelis-Menten kinetics and amino acid chemistry by tying them to the biomedical research context she works in ...
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
Bachelor of Science, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Current Grad Student, Biological/Biosystems Engineering
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Dennis
Few tutors can teach biochemistry from the perspective of someone who lived it at the graduate level. Dennis holds a Masters in Chemical and Physical Biology from Vanderbilt and an undergraduate degree in Biochemistry, so topics like enzyme kinetics, metabolic regulation, and protein structure are s...
Vanderbilt University
Masters, Chemical and Physical Biology
Grinnell College
Bachelors, Biochemistry
Certified Tutor
10+ years
Zachary
Enzyme kinetics, metabolic pathways, protein folding — biochemistry sits at the intersection of biology and chemistry, and Zachary holds a degree in exactly that. He digs into the molecular logic behind processes like glycolysis and the citric acid cycle, connecting reaction mechanisms to the bigger...
Yale University
Bachelors, Biochemistry and Biophysics
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Matt
Matt's graduate work in human nutrition required him to trace every major metabolic pathway from the molecular level up — how macronutrients get broken down, shuttled through the citric acid cycle, and ultimately converted to usable energy. That nutritional biochemistry lens means he teaches topics ...
Columbia University in the City of New York
Master of Science, Human Nutrition
University of Pittsburgh
Bachelor of Science, Neuroscience minor in Spanish & Chemistry
Certified Tutor
4+ years
Enzyme kinetics, metabolic pathways, amino acid chemistry — biochemistry asks students to think like both a biologist and a chemist simultaneously. Ivan's background spanning cognitive science and the biological sciences, plus his MCAT teaching experience, means he can unpack reaction mechanisms and...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science
Certified Tutor
6+ years
David
David's neuroscience training at Yale meant wrestling with biochemistry from the nervous system's perspective — neurotransmitter synthesis, ion channel biophysics, and the metabolic demands that make the brain consume a disproportionate share of the body's glucose. Now pursuing a graduate degree in ...
Yale University
Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience
Harvard University
Current Grad Student, Bioethics and Medical Ethics
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Alex
Enzyme kinetics, metabolic pathways, amino acid chemistry — biochemistry sits right at the intersection of Alex's Bio-Organic Chemistry training. He teaches students to trace the logic of each pathway, connecting molecular structure to biological function so that something like the citric acid cycle...
Mcgill University
Bachelor of Science, Bio-Organic Chemistry
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Eric
Recent MCAT preparation gave Eric a sharp, up-to-date command of the biochemistry topics that trip students up most: enzyme kinetics, metabolic pathway regulation, and the interplay between protein structure and function. His graduate work in chemistry provides the molecular-level intuition that mak...
University of Delaware
Master of Science, Inorganic Chemistry
University of Notre Dame
Bachelor of Science
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Matthew
Managing an immunology lab means Matthew doesn't just teach enzyme kinetics, protein structure, or metabolic pathways from a textbook — he uses them daily in his breast cancer research at Columbia. He walks through topics like signal transduction, amino acid chemistry, and lipid metabolism with the ...
Washington University in St. Louis
Bachelor in Arts
Certified Tutor
8+ years
Amanda
Four years of medical school gave Amanda a particular edge with the biochemistry that underpins clinical reasoning — she's internalized how disruptions in lipid metabolism or glycogen storage pathways manifest as actual disease states. Her biology degree and public health training add breadth, letti...
The University of Alabama
Bachelor of Science, Biology, General
Baylor College of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine, Public Health
Certified Tutor
7+ years
Andrew
Having worked in biochemical laboratories alongside his dual bachelor's degrees — including one in biochemistry — and his architecture studies at Columbia, Andrew brings a rare structural intuition to topics like protein folding and macromolecular assembly. He teaches metabolic pathways by building ...
Columbia University in the City of New York
Master of Architecture, Architecture
Vanderbilt University
Bachelor in Arts
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