Samuel Croes Email & Phone Number

New York, New York, United States

New York City Metropolitan Area

Virtual

Freelance tutor at Swoop Tutors. Work with students K-12 in all school subjects, but mainly math and science. Develop relationships with students to further tutoring beyond just an educational experience into a personal one that includes mentorship and social interaction, which is critical due to isolation because of COVID-19.

Farmingdale, New York

Run tutoring business preparing students for important exams and state tests by preparing lessons for each session teaching concepts in a comprehensive and understandable mannerTeach students of various ages and abilities including students with special needsServe as liaison between parents and students by scheduling tutoring sessions and offering insights into the intellectual growth of their child to indicate areas where the student needed assistance

Farmingdale, New York

Ran clarinet tutoring business preparing students for musical performances Wrote exercises for students to develop technical and artistic skillsTaught students ages 9 – 18, adjusting teaching style based on age and skill level

Virtual

Private contractor providing tutoring to students through Wyzant platform. Responsibilities include arranging lessons with students, preparing lesson plans, helping on weekly assignments, and providing confidence to students to help them succeed.

Providence, Rhode Island Area

As a student researcher, I worked on a variety of projects in the Lisi Laboratory. I have learned fundamental procedures and protocols such as protein purification, bacterial transformation and growth, affinity chromatography assays, and running and interpreting multidimensional Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR).

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

I was an Undergraduate Tutor of Organic Chemistry 1 and 2 at Brown University. I prepared weekly lessons reflecting course curriculum, held both in-person and virtual weekly sessions, wrote practice problems, and explained concepts to individuals and in a group setting.

Providence, Rhode Island Area

Acted as a public safety officer, offering a walking partner to students walking alone at night to provide security and a safer campus environment

New York City Metropolitan Area

Participated in a summer internship program, attending journal clubs, lab meetings, and scientific lectures. I additionally worked on a computational biology project on the Kinase Library, attempting to create a Machine Learning model to predict kinase substrate specificity. I curated a database of protein kinase structures as well as explained the biochemical significance of conserved motifs found in kinases.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Activities and Societies: Member of Brown University Wind Symphony; Member of Brown University Ultimate Frisbee Team; Member of Rock.

General Education Degree

Activities and Societies: Valedictorian; High Honor Roll (9th-12th grade); AP Scholar with Distinction (achieved top score of 5 on four AP.