Minh Duc - Chemistry tutor - Paris 14e
Minh Duc - Chemistry tutor - Paris 14e

One of our best tutors. Quality profile, experience in their field, verified qualifications and a great response time. Minh Duc will be happy to arrange your first Chemistry lesson.

Minh Duc

One of our best tutors. Quality profile, experience in their field, verified qualifications and a great response time. Minh Duc will be happy to arrange your first Chemistry lesson.

  • Rate £35
  • Response 7h
  • Students

    Number of students Minh Duc has accompanied since arriving at Superprof

    50+

    Number of students Minh Duc has accompanied since arriving at Superprof

Minh Duc - Chemistry tutor - Paris 14e
  • 5 (68 reviews)

£35/hr

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  • Chemistry
  • Organic chemistry
  • Chemical Physics

Researcher at CNRS teaches ORGANIC CHEMISTRY at all levels (high school, university...)

  • Chemistry
  • Organic chemistry
  • Chemical Physics

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One of our best tutors. Quality profile, experience in their field, verified qualifications and a great response time. Minh Duc will be happy to arrange your first Chemistry lesson.

About Minh Duc

I specialize in chemistry tutoring. Unlike many other tutors who tutor just about anything, I only tutor chemistry and related subjects such as spectroscopy, advanced synthesis, graduate level organic chemistry, etc. I help students with chemistry by providing one-on-one and group chemistry tutoring.

I have an outstanding academic preparation in chemistry (two Master’s degrees in synthetic and organic chemistry and a Doctorate in nanomedecine and catalysis with emphasis on organic chemistry), and I have published my research in the fields of organic chemistry, organic mechanisms, and chemical education. I’m a highly trained and specialized professional educator at the University of Paris Saclay

Now when we are done with the mandatory “show-off” part, the short story is: if you want to maintain an excellent permanent academic record, master the chemistry material, and develop the essential problem-solving skills to succeed in chemistry, send me a message.

I understand that you sought out chemistry tutoring because you’re struggling with the subject. I also understand that learning chemistry takes time and considerable effort.

Regardless of how hard or frustrating it can be, I’m on your side, and I’m here to help you on this journey. I’m skilled at explaining concepts from different perspectives to accommodate your specific learning style. I pride myself on my rigorously individual approach to tutoring, tailoring my lessons to your individual needs, goals, and academic preparation.

Over the years I have helped hundreds of chemistry students from all over the world. My current list of schools includes 70+ universities ranging from Sorbonne, Descartes, Paris Saclay, Polytechnique to others universities all over the world.

Now, the long story…

I love chemistry. I’ve decided to become a chemist and get a Nobel prize when I was in high school and I stayed true to it through my entire life. When I was first introduced to organic chemistry, it quickly became my true passion that later resulted in my first organic chemistry degree and a few publications.

Following a regular academic path, I learned the ins and outs of academia. I dealt with the administration, the collaborators, the researchers, the conferences, the lectures, labs, faculty meetings… you name it. Yet, the most rewarding aspect of it all for me was teaching and working with students. The biggest challenge I faced daily was to reach every student in the classroom. For some, my teaching was too fast and involved, for others it was too slow and didn’t challenge them enough. The “golden middle” really doesn’t work in a 400-student auditorium. So, I quit teaching at university and became a part-time private chemistry tutor.

I love being a tutor as it allows me to help each individual student and not the theoretical “average” in the crowd. After spending over a decade working with students from the top-tier schools I became intimately familiar with the chemistry curriculum and the requirements at every level. I’m also very familiar with many instructors and their “quirks” thus I can anticipate their tricks and questions on the exam.

…ok, I suppose it wasn’t actually that long LOL

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About the lesson

  • Primary
  • Secondary
  • GCSE
  • +4
  • levels :

    Primary

    Secondary

    GCSE

    AS Level

    A Level

    Adult Education

    BTEC

  • English

All languages in which the lesson is available :

English

I’m a very straightforward no-nonsense teacher. My job is to help you succeed in the hardest class in a college curriculum and I’ll do whatever it takes to guide you towards this goal.

I’m very patient. I understand that you sought out chemistry tutoring because you’re struggling with the subject. I also understand that learning organic chemistry takes time and considerable effort. Regardless of how hard or frustrating it can be, I’m on your side and I’m here to help you in this journey.

I’m skilled at explaining concepts from different perspectives to accommodate your specific learning style. I pride myself on my rigorously individual approach to tutoring, tailoring my lessons to your individual needs, goals, and academic preparation. I routinely prepare customized testing and practice materials for my students targeting specific strengths and weaknesses.

I use a multifaceted approach in my teaching to help my students. I bring clarity in organic chemistry by helping you review, organize, and systematize your chemistry knowledge into a coherent whole. My goal is to help you master the concepts by teaching you how to break them down to fundamental principles and reconstruct them for yourself from ground-zero.

Ultimately, whatever your current level or aptitude is, your success is my primary objective.

* I’ll give you a safe and comfortable place to learn, make mistakes, learn from them, and grow academically to the next level.

* I’ll help you set long- and short-term goals and help you achieve the outcomes you want.

* I have a proven record of success of my teaching approach. Over the years of teaching organic chemistry to college students all over the world, I’ve developed a very flexible teaching style that I can easily adjust to each student’s needs.

Many of my students come to me with a C’s or even a D’s at the beginning of the semester or after the first test and leave with A’s and B’s!

However, I don’t see college tutoring to be a remedial tool. To me, it is rather like having a personal academic coach who helps you to succeed!

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Rates

Rate

  • £35

Pack prices

  • 5h: £155
  • 10h: £302

online

  • £35/h

Travel

  • + £20

Details

Depends on the type of tutoring we do. My current rate is 100€ per hour. However, I do not typically provide “on-demand” tutoring. When we meet on a regular basis, you’ll get a much lower per-hour rate, especially if you start your package early in the semester. Regular meetings also have a number of additional benefits like extra free meetings for exam reviews, personalized practice materials, etc.

I’m a 100% online organic chemistry tutor. I use zoom for my online meetings for video and audio conferencing support. I also use Microsoft OneNote and occasionally Microsoft Whiteboard for notes, feedback, and collaboration tools. I’m also flexible at adapting the technology that is more convenient for my students. I particularly love OneNote as it’s a free app available on avery platform: Mac, PC, iOS, and Android. However, I’ve also successfully used Notability and GoodNotes with my students who prefer to use the iPad-specific apps. I do minimal lecturing and emphasize practical skills in my meetings, so you 'd better have a way for drawing online (iPad, Surface, drawing tablet, etc.) to be able to fully participate in the meetings and benefit from them.

Unlike most other tutors, I don’t charge extra for additional students. If you want to bring a friend, you’re welcome to do so! Group meetings open an opportunity for the peer-to-peer discussion and brainstorming. However, the group meetings will have less individual attention you would be normally getting in an individual meeting.

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  • Depuis quand développez-vous un intérêt pour votre discipline et pour les cours particuliers ?

    Tout a commencé quand j'étais petit. J'ai lu un BD sur le vie de Mme. Curie et ça m'a beaucoup inspiré de devenir un grand savant comme elle un jour. Sans rire !
    Et ma passion pour l'enseignement est venue plus tard, au lycée et surtout en première année de classe préparatoire où j'ai formé un groupe de lycéens pour préparer le bac. J'étais très fier quand tous mes étudiants ont passé le bac avec un excellent résultat, surtout en chimie.
  • Dites nous-en davantage sur la matière enseignée, sur les thèmes que vous appréciez aborder avec les élèves (et éventuellement ceux qui vous plaisent un peu moins) !

    Aucune surprise si je vous dis qu'on parle généralement de chimie organique!
    Mais pas que, j'aime bien parler du sport avec mes étudiants aussi et surtout du football. J'ai constaté que l'utilisation de métaphores sportives pour enseigner le chimie organique aide tous les élèves, même ceux qui ne regardent pas ou n'aiment pas le sport.
  • Parlez-nous de vos modèles, que ce soit un professeur qui vous a marqué ou encore une oeuvre qui vous a inspiré !

    J'ai eu une professeure de chimie remarquable qui avait une façon bien particulière de mener son cours.
    Elle a l'habitude de se balader dans la salle et n'hésite pas à répéter une notion jusque toute la classe a compris.
    Ses cours étaient géniaux et c'était le déclic pour devenir enseignant-chercheur.
  • Quelles sont, selon vous, les qualités requises pour être un bon expert dans votre domaine ?

    Pour moi, un expert doit constamment mettre à jour ses connaissances.
    Bien que la base des connaissances de chimie ne change pas beaucoup, il faut toujours rester ouvert car la science avance vite et de nouvelles découvertes peuvent bouleverser nos modèles actuels.
  • Une anecdote en rapport avec votre métier ou votre scolarité à nous raconter ?

    Un jour, un élève que j'ai enseigné il y a longtemps m'a envoyé un sms disant qu'il commence à faire une thèse en chimie organique et cela est dû une partie à moi.
    Au début il détestait la chimie organique parce qu'il y a trop de notions à retenir c'est moi qui a changé tout ça.
    Je l'ai aidé à prendre goût avec cette matière et maintenant il rêve de devenir professeur en chimie organique.
    Après avoir lu ses messages, ça m'a touché énormément.
  • Vous pouvez maintenant nous rassurer et nous avouer que vous aussi, vous avez déjà connu des difficultés à l'école…

    Oups, je suis désolé mais pour être honnête, j'ai toujours été un très bon élève.
  • Aidez-nous à vous connaître un peu mieux en évoquant vos passions (que vous partagerez peut-être un jour via Superprof).

    Je suis passionné du foot et je suis un gardien amateur dans la vraie vie.
    J'envisage un jour d'apprendre à devenir arbitre aussi. Et mon rêve est d'arbitre un match de la Ligue des Champions :)
  • Qu'est-ce qui fait de vous un Superprof (en plus d'avoir répondu à cette interview :-P) ?

    Pour moi, un superprof doit avant tout aimer son travail. Il faut aussi s'armer de patience, ne pas hésiter à reformuler, adapter son discours au niveau de l'élève et surtout le faire pour le plaisir ! Quoi de plus beau qu'un partage de connaissance ?
    Merci à vous pour cet interview, merci Superprof ❤
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