Online Chemistry Tutor Mike

After a fruitful career in biotechnology, I transitioned two years ago to teaching Science, IGCSE Chemistry and Physics and will be teaching Biology this fall. It’s been profoundly satisfying to engage with young learners and help them to appreciate science beyond what is described in a textbook. Because of my academic and industrial training/experience, I teach from the point of view of a career scientist, where fundamentals are the bedrock upon which research and discoveries are built. For me, science has been pragmatic, fun and rewarding on many levels.

With over 15 years of postgraduate training and biotechnology industry experience, I have a proven track record of leading and collaborating on complex research projects leveraging proteomics-based systems biology, from conception to therapeutic target discovery and translational into the clinic. My academic background includes postdoctoral training in Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School, a PhD in Clinical Chemistry from McGill University, a BSc in Biochemistry with Molecular Biology from Concordia University and a Diploma in Chemical Technology from Dawson College.

As a teacher - tutor, my superpower is to bend and contextualize difficult concepts and illustrate with familiar examples that are relatable and easy to understand; to meet each learner where they are. My goal is to bring vitality to the subject matter and witness ideas crystalize in the mind and eyes of learners.