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    Derek Shapiro
    Science Teacher
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    Derek Shapiro joined Sage Hill in January 2019 as a biology teacher. He was previously a science teacher at Wildwood School. He is an ecologist with a strong background in teaching and research. He holds a bachelor’s degree in integrative biology from UC Berkeley and a Master of Research in Tropical Forest Ecology from Imperial College London.
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    Aaron Soffa
    Science Teacher
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    Aaron Soffa originally joined Sage Hill in 2018 and later left full-time teaching to pursue his Ph.D. in particle physics from UC Irvine. He officially returned to Sage Hill in 2023. Soffa started as a teaching assistant for the UC Irvine Department of Physics & Astronomy in 2013. While at UC Irvine, he has also been a physics lecturer and a graduate student researcher for the ATLAS and FASER experiments at the European Center for Nuclear Research. For a year, he was a private tutor for AP Physics C: Mechanics. He also works for the Ardent Academy for Gifted Youth as a teaching assistant and physics instructor. Soffa received his bachelor’s degree in Physics, Astronomy-Physics, and Mathematics with Honors from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2012. He also holds a master’s degree in physics and is currently working on his Ph.D. in Particle Physics at UC Irvine. At Sage Hill, Soffa also works with Beril Tekin as an advisor for the Robotics Team.
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