Ryan D

San Francisco, CA Tutor

About Me

I am a second-year PhD student in the Neuroscience program at UCSF. I have worked in science in various capacities--as a field researcher, as a technician, as a visiting scientist abroad, and now as a professional student. Science is difficult, and this is not lost on me, but it can also be incredibly enriching. Through involved and careful teaching, I hope to extend my love of science to my students, whether that means instilling a curiosity at the world's workings to middle-schoolers, or bringing rigor to the understanding of the molecular underpinnings of the mind to adults. My goal is that my students will enjoy my teaching as much as I do.

Experience

  • Appalachian Institute For Creative Learning - Teacher
    20032006
    Sensory biology, Ecology, Evolutionary biology, for gifted K-12 students
  • Tsinghua University, Beijing - Visiting Student/Researcher
    20072008
    Mandarin, Neuroscience
  • Oregon Health Sciences University - Researcher
    20082010
    Neuroscience, Cell biology, Molecular biology
  • University Of Oregon - Technician
    20052008
    Neuroscience, Cell biology, Molecular biology
  • Giannini Middle School - Visiting Teacher
    20112011
    Microbiology, as part of the UCSF Science and Health Education Partnership
  • Ucsf - Graduate Student
    20102011
    Neuroscience, sensory biology, molecular biology

Education

  • University Of Oregon
    2007
  • Ucsf
    2015