Expertise

I have acquired a deep respect for academic teaching - a special interest in serving people and helping them stay confident, happy, and productive - and an enthusiasm for intellectual challenges.

I have received a strong scientific foundation in Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy and Physiology from my schooling at NYU.

I have been independently researching epilepsy and schizophrenia using pluripotent stem cells in the lab of Dr. Paul Kenny, head of the Department of Pharmacology and System Therapeutics at Mount Sinai Hospital. I implement techniques such as PCR, qPCR, SPSS, CRISPR, and maintenance of transgenic mouse lines. To excel in my research of neurodegenerative diseaseI have been trained by two neuroscience PhD as well as current medical physicians and have passed all required certifications.

I am also affiliated with a clinical obesity lab at NYU Langone, drafting a medical paper on the effect of obesity on the adolescent brain. Trained by a senior postdoc in neuroscience, I computer code to process brain images and MRI scans using Diffusion Tensor Imaging, Tract Based Spatial Statistics. Resting State Functional fMRI, and analyze all acquired data using SPSS.

I have tutored privately for college students for the last three years. I am familiar with various areas in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and New Jersey. I currently teach a Sunday School class of 24 eighth grade students for the last two years, creating for them a personalized curriculum, and walked each individual student through the high school admission process.

Teaching Methods

Subjects of science are usually dull and often complicated in theory, sought only to be memorized and practiced. Due to the nature of the way scientific subjects like biology, organic chemistry, physics, and mathematics are taught, it is often difficult for a student to find interest and preform well. To counter this issue, I interject and provide my students with a background to the plethora of theories and techniques proffered by the humanities and social sciences. I bring the perspectives of the humanities and social sciences to bear within technical discourse. The entire purpose of providing this backdrop is to offer an intellectual map for students, inviting them to think organically, synthetically, and creatively on how various disciplines can be brought together with a view of clarity.

In order to set the most personalized teaching platform for my students, I take the time to understand their ambitions, struggles, and strength in various areas. I target the strategies that work most efficiently for my students so that they can then implement the same techniques independently when they progress their studies and enter new classes.

I pride myself on being flexible in time and schedule. I am available to review and teach material online and in person, available for phone calls and text at various hours of the day. I strive to deliver such a standard of attention and recourses that the student can preform their best and receive a grade that best reflects their efforts. Success in academics intrinsically perpetuates their willingness to work and study hard, where they see and feel the instant gratification of their hard work allows them to keep moving forward and challenging themselves. It is my goal to achieve just this for every one of my students.