The faculty behind the courses

Education

MS Mathematics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; BS Mathematics, Sun Yat-sen University

AP courses taught

• AP Calculus AB/BC
• AP Precalculus

Record

• Six students scored 5 in the 2025 AP season
• 2025 A-Level Mathematics A* rate 88%, Further Mathematics 85%; IB Mathematics AA level-7 rate 84%
• 2024 AMC season: 70% AIME qualification, ten students in the global top 5%

Also coaches AMC 8/10/12, AIME, BMO, Euclid and A-Level Mathematics. Published a graph-theory algorithms paper, SCI-indexed, at an international conference.

Education

MS Business, Illinois Institute of Technology; BA Economics, University of Iowa

AP courses taught

• AP Calculus AB/BC
• AP Statistics
• AP Precalculus
• AP Microeconomics
• AP Macroeconomics

Record

• AP Statistics 5-rate 80%
• AP Micro/Macroeconomics 5-rate 85%
• Former subject teacher at a US top-50 private high school

Eight years of overseas study plus US high school teaching. Also coaches AMC, Euclid and Australian AMC.

Education

MSc Statistics, University of Warwick; BSc Financial Mathematics, First Class Honours, University of Liverpool

AP courses taught

• AP Calculus AB/BC
• AP Statistics

Record

• AP Calculus and Statistics 5-rate 70%
• A-Level Mathematics A-or-above 80%
• 2019 Shanghai VCE Outstanding Mathematics Teacher; 2018 Nanjing Outstanding Educator

Ten years teaching, over a thousand students and ten thousand teaching hours. Registered with both the College Board and Australia's VCAA.

Education

PhD Management Science, University of Southampton; MSc Operational Research, Lancaster University; BS Physics, East China Normal University

AP courses taught

• AP Calculus AB/BC
• AP Precalculus
• AP Statistics

Record

• Over ten years across global financial risk modeling, university teaching and competition coaching
• Taught first- and second-year university mathematics and statistics as a doctoral teaching assistant
• Quantitative analyst at two international banks in London and Hong Kong

Popular with AP, IB and A-Level students alike for a questioning, good-humoured classroom.

Education

PhD Mathematics, full scholarship, University of Rochester; BS Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, Zhejiang University

AP courses taught

• AP Calculus AB/BC
• AP Statistics
• AP Physics C

Record

• 100% 5-rate in AP Calculus, AP Statistics and AP Physics C
• IB HL level-7 rate 100%; A-Level A-rate 90%
• Three students received Oxford interview offers in mathematics and physics

Four published academic papers. Also coaches AMC, AIME, Euclid, HMMT, MAT, STEP and summer-program applications.

Education

MS Electrical Engineering, Columbia University; BS Biomedical Engineering with a minor in Computer Engineering, Cornell University

AP courses taught

• AP Physics C: Mechanics
• AP Physics 1

Record

• Scored 5 on every AP course he self-studied in US high school
• National Honor Society; first prize, MCM mathematical modeling
• Mentored three high school students admitted to Cornell

Thirteen years living, studying and working in the US. Teaching assistant for Cornell's data visualization course, guiding over fifty students.

Education

MS Physics, Brown University; BS Physics, Zhejiang University

AP courses taught

• AP Physics 1 & 2
• AP Physics C: Mechanics
• AP Physics C: E & M

Record

• Graduate advisor was Leon N. Cooper, 1972 Nobel laureate in physics and co-author of BCS theory
• Undergraduate advisor was Prof. F. Malte Grosche of Cambridge's Cavendish Laboratory
• Completed brain-computer interface algorithm research in the US in 2022

Also coaches IB Physics, A-Level, Physics Bowl, F=ma, BPhO, USAPhO, BAAO and PUPC.

Education

MEng Mechanical Engineering, University of Melbourne; BEng Chemical Machinery, Dalian University of Technology

AP courses taught

• AP Physics 1 & 2
• AP Physics C

Record

• AP 5-rate of approximately 90%
• 2024 A-Level: A* rate above 50%, A rate above 70%; five IBDP students scored 7
• 2024–25 BPhO: 8 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze. Physics Bowl: 11 gold, 15 silver, 12 bronze

Runs physics courses and international competition coaching in parallel, with a system for planning, delivery, feedback and revision.

Education

MSc, Delft University of Technology, government scholarship; MEng and BEng, Harbin Institute of Technology

AP courses taught

• AP Physics 1 & 2

Record

• 2023: coached 25 AP sittings — 19 scored 5 and 4 scored 4
• 2024: 13 BPhO students with a 92% award rate — 4 gold, 6 silver, 1 bronze
• 2023 Physics Bowl award rate 75%

Over a thousand hours of international curriculum teaching; explains physics against everyday applications.

Education

Postdoctoral researcher, Fudan University; PhD Organic Chemistry, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; MS Medicinal Chemistry and Nano Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology

AP courses taught

• AP Chemistry

Record

• 2026 IChO: one student won the sole gold on the UK national team
• 2026 UKChO: 22 gold, 10 silver, 2 bronze — 34 of 38 entrants awarded
• 2025 UKChO: 25 gold, 5 silver, 1 bronze; CCC: 6 gold, 5 silver, 5 bronze

Ten SCI papers, seven as first author, highest impact factor 16.3, with patented results. Long-serving chemistry teaching assistant during doctoral study.

Education

PhD Chemistry, US university; chemistry throughout undergraduate, master's and doctoral study

AP courses taught

• AP Chemistry

Record

• AP Chemistry class 5-rate 78%
• 2024 AS Chemistry: A rate 75%, 62% predicted to A*
• 2024–25: JCCO 5 gold 3 silver, CCC 4 gold 2 silver, UKChO 5 gold 3 silver; top ESAT chemistry score 8.9

Over ten years in international education, covering chemistry from grade 9 through grade 12.

Education

PhD candidate and MS Chemistry, University of Chicago; MPhil Chemistry, University of Cambridge; MChem, University of Oxford

AP courses taught

• AP Chemistry

Record

• 30+ students coached: 11 admitted to Oxford or Cambridge, more than 10 to Imperial College
• All three Oxford chemistry interviewees he prepared were admitted in 2024
• Helped set Oxford chemistry department interview questions in 2022

Graduated eighth overall in Oxford's chemistry department. Several first-author theoretical chemistry papers and a joint project with MIT. 1,500+ teaching hours.

Education

MSc Water Science and Engineering, TU Dresden; BEng Environmental Engineering, Ocean University of China

AP courses taught

• AP Chemistry
• AP Environmental Science

Record

• More than 80% of A-Level students reach A or A*
• More than 90% of IGCSE students score a 9
• Researcher in environmental chemistry at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research; DAAD scholarship recipient

Expert in organic and inorganic laboratory work; pairs chemical theory with real experimental procedure. Averages 120+ teaching hours a month.

Education

MS Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Texas at Dallas; BS Nutrition, University of Wisconsin–Madison

AP courses taught

• AP Biology

Record

• 2026 BBO: 25 gold, 18 silver, 3 bronze; one student reached the national team through CBO
• 2026 USABO: five students reached the semifinal
• 2025 USABO: 5 super-gold, 12 gold, 13 silver, 15 bronze, 1 finalist

Lead author of the USABO and BBO course materials. First-author SCI paper from a vitamin A research laboratory; formerly at ABS Global.

Education

MSc Pharmacy, University College London; BS Biology, Pennsylvania State University

AP courses taught

• AP Biology

Record

• AP Biology 5-rate 100%
• IB level-7 rate above 90%; A-Level A* rate above 90%
• Took a student from an E to an A in biology, admitted to UCL and Manchester

National biology curriculum lead, driving teaching standardization across the team. Qualified counselor; uses interest to work through learning blocks.

Education

MS, Nanjing Agricultural University; College Board certified AP teacher

AP courses taught

• AP Biology
• AP Environmental Science

Record

• Ten years teaching AP, IB and A-Level biology and environmental science
• Students sent to the exam each year score predominantly 4 to 5
• Maintains a complete teaching and examination resource library

Builds knowledge networks with visual diagrams and is particularly strong on reading exam trends.

Education

Direct-entry PhD, School of Pharmacy, University of Queensland; BEng Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology

AP courses taught

• AP Biology
• AP Chemistry
• AP Environmental Science

Record

• First-author SCI paper published as an undergraduate; five SCI papers during doctoral study
• Provincial first prize, National Biology Olympiad, as a high school student
• Long-time tutor to undergraduates at Oxford, Cambridge, UCL and Sydney

Targets the gap between high school AP content and overseas university coursework — exam performance now, and readiness later.

Education

MS Data Science, Faculty of Engineering, University of Sydney; BS Statistics, Simon Fraser University, top 5% with Dean's Honor Roll

AP courses taught

• AP Computer Science A
• AP Calculus AB/BC
• AP Statistics

Record

• 2021–24: 150+ students in AP Calculus and Statistics — Calculus 5-rate 100%, Statistics 90%
• 2024 AMC 8: three students won global Distinguished Honor Roll, top 1%
• 2022 and 2023 AMC 10/12: multiple AIME qualifiers including top 1% DHR

Former Tencent data analyst, and a graduate of a Cambridge international school on the A-Level track.

Education

MPhil Technology Policy, University of Cambridge; BS Computer Science and Mathematics, University of Nebraska–Lincoln; US high school graduate

AP courses taught

• AP Computer Science A
• AP Calculus AB/BC
• AP Statistics

Record

• Every AP Computer Science A student he taught scored 5 in 2022
• Two USACO silver medalists in 2021; three bronze in 2022
• Lead author of several competition texts, including USACO and introductory Python

Four and a half years of undergraduate scholarships; three years as a computer science teaching assistant and course leader. Java, Python, C/C++, R and Swift.

Education

PhD Computer Science, Los Alamos National Laboratory; MS Electronic Information, Northeastern University; BS Physics, Wuhan University

AP courses taught

• AP Computer Science A
• AP Computer Science Principles
• AP Calculus AB/BC
• AP Statistics

Record

• AP Computer Science: over 50% perfect scores and a 100% pass rate
• An entire AP Calculus class of 31 students scored 5
• AP Statistics 4-to-5 rate above 70%

Official College Board AP reader for Computer Science and Calculus. Two-time USACO coach; his youngest student reached Platinum at twelve.

Education

BS and MS Computer Science, University of California, Riverside

AP courses taught

• AP Computer Science A
• AP Computer Science Principles

Record

• Ten years living and working in the US
• Deep grounding in how programs interact with hardware at a low level
• Coaches USACO bronze, silver and gold in C++, plus CCC and USAAIO

Focused on building independent learners — moving students from being taught to choosing to learn.

Education

MS Social Entrepreneurship, Hult International Business School, San Francisco; BBA, Autonomous University of Barcelona, with an exchange at Texas A&M's Mays Business School

AP courses taught

• AP Microeconomics
• AP Macroeconomics

Record

• Multiple national first places at IEO and NEC, including a global first in an individual event
• 2025 IEO global finals: a student placed fifth globally with a gold medal and Best in Economics
• 2025 NEC nationals: eight teams coached, four advanced to globals, three students entered the perfect-score hall of fame

Certified by the College Board, Cambridge International Education and the IBO; certified IEO, NEC and FBLA coach and a repeat finals judge.

Education

MS Business Analytics, Schulich School of Business, York University; BA Finance and Business Economics, York University; BS, Harbin Institute of Technology

AP courses taught

• AP Microeconomics
• AP Macroeconomics

Record

• AP 5-rate and A-Level A/A* rate both above 90%
• More than 6,000 cumulative teaching hours
• 2025 IEO nationals: coached the gold-winning Best Team in Business Case Presentation

Years of North American study and work; familiar with overseas grading systems and graduate applications, so planning runs long-term.

Education

MSc Finance, King's College London; BA Economics, University of Melbourne

AP courses taught

• AP Microeconomics
• AP Macroeconomics

Record

• AP Micro and Macroeconomics 5-rate 90%
• A-Level A rate 85%; IGCSE A rate 85%; IB SL/HL level 6–7 rate 80%
• Helped over a hundred AP and IB students win US Ivy League admissions

Six years teaching and more than 10,000 hours. Brings live cases — Fed rate decisions, currency moves, accounting standard changes — into the classroom.

Education

MS Engineering Management, New York University; dual BS in Finance and Supply Chain Management, Syracuse University

AP courses taught

• AP Microeconomics
• AP Macroeconomics

Record

• 2026 BPA regionals: one team won national bronze and two students took gold
• 2026 SIC S14: one student won an individual silver
• Nine years of overseas and financial-industry experience, formerly at a well-known venture capital firm

Designs scenario-based teaching from investment practice, breaking down complex concepts and building global commercial perspective.

Education

MA, Columbia University; BA English, Reed College; graduate of Shanghai American School

AP courses taught

• AP English Literature and Composition
• AP English Language and Composition

Record

• Own AP record: 5 in US History, European History and Calculus
• College Board AP Scholar with Honor; TOEFL 110
• Students won SUPREME, EXCELLENT and HONORABLE awards at US national media competitions in 2019

More than seven years studying and teaching in the US; former instructor and teaching assistant in Tulane's French department. Knows how American writing is graded.

Education

PhD Psychology, University College London; Academic Tutor, UCL Department of Psychology

AP courses taught

• AP Psychology

Record

• AP Psychology 5-rate 90%
• Three students earned an A in the May 2022 A-Level Psychology examination
• Research at US, Tsinghua and Peking University psychology laboratories

Six years of overseas study across both the UK and US psychology systems; a strong biology background lets her teach concepts through the underlying empirical research.

Education

MSEd, University of Pennsylvania; BA Psychology, Bryn Mawr College

AP courses taught

• AP Psychology
• AP English Language and Composition

Record

• AP Psychology 5-rate 90%; AP English Language 5-rate 80%
• HOSA Behavioral Health: 100% regional advancement, 100% national silver, 60% gold
• Four years of SAT grammar coaching — best student result 390, average gain above 50 points

Rigorous and strongly analytical, with a distinctive read on social science questions. Also coaches IB EE, EPQ and John Locke.

Education

EdD candidate, University of Hong Kong; MA Education, University College London

AP courses taught

• AP Art History
• AP English Literature

Record

• A-Level Literature and History A-or-above rate 95%
• IB TOK level-6-or-above rate 80%; DSE Chinese level-5 rate 85%
• John Locke and other humanities competitions: 70% shortlisting rate

Five years teaching IB, AP and A-Level humanities; holds both a high school teaching license and IB teacher certification. Rebuilds students' academic writing from the ground up.

Education

PhD candidate, University of Toronto; MEng, Harbin Institute of Technology

AP courses taught

• AP Environmental Science
• AP Chemistry

Record

• Multiple students scored 5 in AP Environmental Science and AP Chemistry
• Multiple A grades in IGCSE Chemistry
• Several SCI publications and extensive research experience

Teaches environmental science and chemistry in parallel, with detailed, lively explanation of every concept.