Experience

During my DPhil research, I took two courses offered by the Department of Education at Oxford University, focusing on teaching strategies and practices in Higher Education. I gave undergraduate Biochemistry tutorials and I was also an admissions interviewer in the Biochemistry department for three years, gaining an invaluable insight into the admissions process at this world-renowned institution. I also published first-author papers in peer-reviewed journals (such as Nature Methods), completed a number of Business courses at the Saïd Business School and filed a patent on my research.

After completing my DPhil I joined Winchester College, a prestigious boys' boarding school, as a full-time Biology teacher. I taught IGCSE Biology and gave Oxbridge-level tutorials and mock interviews to the pupils applying to Oxford and Cambridge.

After teaching at Winchester College I moved to Switzerland to work exclusively as a full-time tutor for one family. I taught complete IGCSE courses in Maths, Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Computer Science and International A-Level courses in Maths and Physics. I also familiarised myself with the US education system and university application process (the Common App). I prepared one pupil for the US General SAT examination, as well as the US SAT Subject Tests in Maths and Physics. As I am still an eager student myself, I have taken the General SAT exam and Subject Tests in Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Maths to both prove my mastery of the American curriculum and to have invaluable first-hand experience of the (very different) exam format.

I now work as a full-time private tutor and education consultant, tutoring a wide range of ages, from nine years old to mature students in their thirties. My students have very different learning styles and I enjoy tailoring my teaching style and resources to best suit each of them.

Qualifications

• DPhil in Molecular Biochemistry & Chemical Biology - University of Oxford (2011)
• BSc Biochemistry - Cardiff University 2007 (1st)

Awards & Achievements

• Blue Flame Award for most highly requested plasmid - Addgene, Boston
• Best Speaker Prize - Final Year DPhil Symposium, University of Oxford
• Best Poster Prize - RSC Chemistry of the Cell Conference
• Graduate Scholarship - Somerville College, University of Oxford
• Biochemistry Society Project Prize for Best Undergraduate Dissertation - Cardiff University
• K. S. Dodgson Prize for Best Final Year Biochemistry Student - Cardiff University
• Second place in the UK Trainee of the Year Competition - IAESTE
• K. S. Dodgson Prize for Best Year Two Biochemistry Student - Cardiff University
• K. S. Dodgson Prize for Best Year One Biochemistry Student - Cardiff University
• EPTA Piano Trophy - Abertawe Festival for Young Musicians