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Shayan
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Shayan
BA University at Buffalo • Current Grad Student, Pre-Health University of Pennsylvania
1+ Years Tutoring

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 connections between reactions stick long after the session ends.

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Sugi
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Sugi
BA Rice University • Doctor of Medicine, Ophthalmic Technology Baylor College of Medicine
5+ Years Tutoring

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 medical school at Baylor. She teaches each pathway as a narrative with clear inputs, outputs, and regulatory checkpoints rather than a list to memorize.

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Josef
BA Cornell University
1+ Years Tutoring

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 organic chemistry, cell biology, and thermodynamics into a single coherent story, so each pathway feels like a logical extension rather than a separate thing to memorize. Rated 5.0 by students.

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Connor
MS Loyola University-Chicago • BA University of Notre Dame
6+ Years Tutoring

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 what it means when a drug is a competitive inhibitor in a clinical context.

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Aimee
BA Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus • Current Grad Student, Biological/Biosystems Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology
8+ Years Tutoring

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 at Georgia Tech, making dense material feel purposeful.

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Dennis
MS Vanderbilt University • BA Grinnell College
1+ Years Tutoring

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 second nature. He walks through reaction mechanisms and pathway logic in a way that builds real understanding rather than rote memorization.

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Matt
MS Columbia University in the City of New York • BA University of Pittsburgh
1+ Years Tutoring

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 like lipid metabolism and amino acid catabolism with a constant eye on physiological context, making reaction sequences feel purposeful rather than arbitrary. Holds a 5.0 rating.

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Zachary
BA Yale University
10+ Years Tutoring

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 physiological picture so the details actually stick.

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Ivan
BA Massachusetts Institute of Technology
4+ Years Tutoring

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 protein structure in ways that connect molecular detail to bigger physiological stories.

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David
BA Yale University • Current Grad Student, Bioethics and Medical Ethics Harvard University
6+ Years Tutoring

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 bioethics, he brings that mechanistic grounding to topics like amino acid chemistry and membrane transport, connecting each reaction to the biological system it supports. Holds a 5.0 rating.

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Alex
BA Mcgill University
1+ Years Tutoring

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 becomes a series of predictable chemical transformations rather than an overwhelming diagram to memorize.

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Eric
MS University of Delaware • BA University of Notre Dame
1+ Years Tutoring

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 makes memorizing pathways feel less like brute force and more like following a logical story.

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