"John has a passion for working with people who endeavor to learn and develop their intellects and is listed among the Wyzant Top 100 Tutors for 2019. He began tutoring SAT students in 2013 for StudyPoint, Inc, where he logged his first 500 hours and was promoted to Tutor Premiere before striking out on his own. John added to his subject list and maintained a full tutoring schedule for the past several years, in the process accumulating an estimated 10,000 total tutoring hours.

John grew up in Northeast Kansas working on farms since the age of 11. He graduated from a small rural high school and earned his BS and PhD degrees in biological sciences from the University of Kansas. An award-winning instructor, John taught extensively on the undergraduate and graduate level during his PhD program. While a Cancer Prevention Fellow with the National Cancer Institute, John earned his Master of Public Health degree from Johns Hopkins University. As a Fellow, John completed four years of mentored research in the NCI's Laboratory of Metabolism where he applied mass spectrometry-based metabolomics to radiation biomarker development. He then joined the faculty of the Department of Biochemistry and Cellular & Molecular Biology at the Georgetown University. John currently serves as Principal Scientist at one of the region's rapidly growing biomedical startups

John's tutoring philosophy is based on creating and maintaining a healthy lifestyle of learning. "How we spend our time determines what we are good at. If we spend our time on entertainment, then we will be great at being entertained. But if we spend our time solving problems, then we will become extraordinary problem-solvers." John takes a holistic approach to tutoring by addressing habits and lifestyle as well as academic performance. He always begins a tutoring relationship by learning about his students' habits and lifestyles and offering recommendations for changes. Establishing an optimal lifestyle of learning is foundational to achieving academic excellence." less...