Ian Aleshkevich-Suslov

I am a polymath, I am majoring in chemistry but I am also interested in theoretical physics, sustainable development, permaculture & regenerative agriculture, music, video games as narratives, and linguistics. My Alma Mater is the Moscow State University, Department of Chemistry (6-year Chemistry major, specialising in radiochemistry, my Master's thesis is concerned with the potential uses of radiation to pre-treat lignin for biorefinery uses).
I have been teaching physical chemistry to advanced pupils for 4 years, and 5 of my pupils have won the Russian Chemical Olympiad in 2021 and 2022, amongst other regional Olympiads. My other pupils complement my engaging lessons and my ability to explain things intuitively.
I am also a polyglot, I have studied over 25 languages, the ones that I am most comfortable speaking are English, German, French, Polish, Danish and Latin. I am very passionate about linguistics and learning languages and hope to help people get over their fear of learning languages!
I believe that anyone is capable of learning vast amounts of information, given the right approach. I strive to find the right approach to my students and explain abstract ideas in terms that anyone can understand. I also tend to focus on developing an intuitive understanding of the subject matter. In order to do that, I like to combine knowledge from different, seemingly disparate fields and find analogies and parallels between them, and I hope to show my students the beauty of these parallels that tie together so many different areas of learning.