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Faculty

Auritte Cohen-Ross - Founder

A mother of two elementary school age kids, Ms. Ross founded Celsius and Beyond after her frustration and disappointment with the state of science education in the schools in the US. She came from Israel where the pursuit of science is encouraged and seen as critical to the success of the country's economic development.

Ms. Ross has spent 12 years in the high tech industry and served in the Israeli Defense Forces as a technical communications specialist. She is a Cum laude economics graduate of Temple University in Philadelphia.

Jessica Maxfield M.S.

Jessica is a research assistant at the University of California at Berkeley. She works with zebrafish in the neurobiology lab of Dr. Isacoff.

Ben Wolpaw

Ben is a medical school student at UCSF.  Ben previously taught microbiology at Brown University and Wheaton College.  He also has taught middle school and high school students.  Ben is a National Merit Scholar among many other awards. 

Andreas Voellmer

A PhD student at UC Berkeley in Mathematical Logic and Set Theory.  Andreas has an extensive experience teaching math and working with children as a camp counselor. Andreas has a BA in Philosophy and Mathematics from McGill University.

Meri Gukasyan

Meri is a post baccalaureat Student at UCSF.  She previously taught health to children at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science as well as through UCLA’s community outreach for prevention and education.   Meri earned her B.S. in evolutionary biology from UCLA.     

Jaemin Seo

Jaemin has been teaching robotics and leading FIRST Lego League and Odyssey of the Mind teams for the past 5 years.  His teams have won many awards during this time. 

Holly Archer M.S.

Holly is a biologist focusing on ecology and systematic biology.  She is currently conducing research at San Francisco State University in the area of avian parasites and malaria.  Holly also teaches science at various intercity schools in San Francisco. 

Brittany Belin PhD

Brittany is a research scientist at UCSF specializing in biophysicist and biochemists.  Her research focuses on DNA and the immune system.