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About Colin S.
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Math and Science Tutor
Jan, 2014 - PresentIndependent
I have been tutoring math and science subjects through online platforms since 2014, and have provided over a thousand hours of tutoring to students of all ages and educational levels.
Graduate Student Instructor
Jan, 2023 - Jun, 2023University of California, Berkeley
I was a GSI for BIOENG 115 Tissue Engineering Lab: This class provides a conceptual and practical understanding of cell and tissue bioengineering that is vital for careers in medicine, biotechnology, and bioengineering. Students are introduced to cell biology laboratory techniques, including immunofluorescence, quantitative image analysis, protein quantification, protein expression, gene expression, and cell culture.
Graduate Student Instructor
Aug, 2022 - Dec, 2022University of California, Berkeley
I was a GSI for BIOENG 131 Introduction to Computational Molecular and Cell Biology: This class teaches basic bioinformatics and computational biology, with an emphasis on alignment, phylogeny, and ontologies. Supporting foundational topics are also reviewed with an emphasis on bioinformatics topics, including basic molecular biology, probability theory, and information theory. I helped students with coding in Python for homework assignments, as well as answer general questions about course topics.
Essay Writing Tutor
Aug, 2014 - Dec, 2014San Diego Miramar College's The PLACe
At the PLACe I helped students in various English and humanities courses with their essay writing. Generally, students would ask me to read their drafts and I would advise them on grammar, syntax and structure.
Math Tutor
Jan, 2014 - Dec, 2015San Diego Miramar College
I was a tutor in the Math Lab at Miramar College. Here, I tutored pre-algebra through multi-variable calculus.
Education
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering
Aug, 2015 - Dec, 2017University of California, Berkeley
Ph.D. Candidate, Bioengineering and Computational Biology D.E.
Aug, 2018UC Berkeley-UCSF
Awards
Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship
May, 2015The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
Stem Cell Engineering Pre-doctoral Fellowship
Jul, 2019NIH/Berkeley Stem Cell Center
Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Scholarship
Jan, 2018The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
Jack Kent Cooke Summer Internship Stipend
Jun, 2017The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
Affiliations
Phi Theta Kappa
Mar, 2014The purpose of Phi Theta Kappa shall be to recognize and encourage scholarship among two-year college students. To achieve this purpose, Phi Theta Kappa shall provide opportunity for the development of leadership and service, for an intellectual climate for exchange of ideas and ideals, for lively fellowship for scholars, and for stimulation of interest in continuing academic excellence.
Languages
Japanese
Limited Proficiency
English
Native Proficiency
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