Faculty

Advisor

Dr. Dahong Qian

Dr. Dahong Qian obtained his Ph.D. degree from Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. As a senior member of IEEE, he has published numerous papers and patents in electronics, and was also an adjunct professor of Tsinghua University in Beijing, China.

Faculty

Brent Costa

MBA, Cornell University

Laura Maxwell

Laura Maxwell is a graduate of U. C. Berkeley with a B. A. in English and Spanish. She also received her teaching credentials there for K-12 English with an authorization in Spanish. For many years she taught English, Spanish, and ESL for the Pleasanton Unified School District. She has tutored in all subjects at the elementary and middle school levels, including French.

Shirley Lin

Master in Applied Mathematics, U. C. Irvine

Sara Valancy

B.A. in Liberal Studies
M.S. in Mathematics
Candidate for Masters in Mathematics, UC

Peter Hall

UC Berkeley, English Literature PhD 2010
Columbia University, English Literature BA 2006
Harvard University (accepted to English Litereature PhD program 2010)
UC Berkeley Distinguished Fellow in English Literature
Jeopardy! Champion Ranked in Top 10 for Single Day Winners and Top 40 for Overall Single Day Winnings

Lauren Naturale

UC Berkeley, PhD in English & MA in Creative Writing
3 years of experience teaching composition in UC Berkeley English Department

James M. Estrella

Stanford University, PhD Modern Thought & Literature
University of Chicago, BA in Honors English Language & Literature

Laura Maxwell

UC Berkeley, BA English

Eileen Zhu

University of Rochester, PhD in Physics

Albert Kim

UC Davis, Statistics
SAT Math score: 800; SAT-II: 800

Jeffrey Feng

UC Berkeley, BA Biology

Carolyn Chen

Reed College, Math

Weiqi Hu