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Certified Tutor
4+ years
Emmanuel
Respiratory therapy training gave Emmanuel a working knowledge of gas exchange, acid-base balance, and the chemistry of oxygen delivery systems — all concepts rooted in the same principles high school students encounter in units on gas laws, pH, and chemical reactions. He connects topics like partia...
Duke University
Master of Science, Physician Assistance
Boise State University
Bachelor of Science, Respiratory Therapy

Certified Tutor
17+ years
Mole conversions, electron configurations, balancing redox reactions — high school chemistry has a way of piling up new skills before the last ones feel solid. Tammy tackles each topic by walking through the underlying logic first, then drilling the math until it's automatic. She holds a 5.0 student...
Rice University
Bachelor in Arts

Certified Tutor
10+ years
Amy
A civil engineering degree means Amy spent serious time with chemistry's quantitative backbone — stoichiometry, gas behavior, and the thermodynamic principles that govern how materials interact under real-world conditions. She brings that engineering mindset to high school chemistry, teaching studen...
Duke University
Masters, business (MBA)
Cornell University
Bachelors

Certified Tutor
9+ years
Julia
Julia's cellular and molecular biology degree required serious chemistry coursework — stoichiometry, equilibrium, thermodynamics, and acid-base reactions are all concepts she's internalized at the college level. She breaks down problems like balancing redox equations or predicting reaction products ...
Johns Hopkins University
Bachelor of Science, Cellular and Molecular Biology

Certified Tutor
9+ years
Kathleen
Balancing redox reactions, predicting solubility, working through stoichiometry — high school chemistry is full of topics that seem unrelated until someone shows you the thread connecting them. Kathleen approaches the subject by grounding abstract ideas like mole ratios and electron configurations i...
University
Bachelor's

Certified Tutor
10+ years
Elisa's civil engineering degree required working through chemistry at the college level — particularly topics like material properties, chemical reactions, and stoichiometry — where understanding how substances interact wasn't theoretical but directly tied to structural design decisions. She uses t...
Duke University
Bachelors

Certified Tutor
10+ years
Lane
Chemistry demands a kind of thinking that's part math, part spatial reasoning, and part memorization — balancing equations, understanding mole conversions, and visualizing molecular geometry all at once. Lane's experience teaching across both math and science means he can address the quantitative si...
Antioch College
Bachelors, Social and Global Studies

Certified Tutor
2+ years
Tahirah
As a dedicated tutor pursuing a Bachelor's in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University, I have over 5 years of experience in helping students excel in mathematics, including subjects like Algebra, Calculus, and Differential Equations. My teaching approach centers on fostering a supportive learnin...
Duke University
Bachelor's (in progress)

Certified Tutor
8+ years
Finnegan
Studying chemistry as his actual major at Stetson — not just passing through it as a prerequisite — means Finnegan is deep in the weeds of concepts like electron orbitals, reaction equilibria, and bonding theory right now, which keeps high school topics immediate rather than rusty. He connects the d...
Stetson University
Bachelor of Chemistry, Chemistry

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I am a licensed physician from Florida who is currently changing careers. I graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2009 and have extensive tutoring and editing experience. While a student, I became a certified writing tutor through the Critical Writing Department. Since I completed my writ...
Nova Southeastern University
PHD, Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Bachelors, History
University of Pennsylvania
undergraduate
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