Founded in 2025, Genesis Learning is led by passionate, experienced and AI-native educators with 10+ years of teaching experience, deep subject matter expertise and broad industry insights

Meet the team

Jen Chan
Founder, CEO

  • Oxford University BA/MA First Class educator with 10+ years of I/GCSE, A-Level, IB and AP teaching and curriculum development experience

  • Ex-Big 4 AI transformation comms leader and tech community builder

  • Strong track record of students receiving A/A*s in public examinations and offers to top institutions such as Oxbridge and Ivy League

  • Cambridge Judge Business School postgraduate with research dissertation on the impact of gen AI on K12 EdTech landscape

  • Google Gemini Certified Educator

  • Global YouTube educator with 2M+ views and 270+ videos and lectures on English Language and Literature learning (http://youtube.com/jenchan)

  • Native English, Mandarin and Cantonese speaker

  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferqychan/

Brian Chu
STEM Specialist, Academic Coach

  • University of Washington Physics and Astronomy Teaching Assistant with 700+ hours guiding students through complex concepts via Socratic questioning

  • Proficient in Python, Mathematica, and MySQL, passionate vibe-coder of AI-powered learning tools for AP/IB STEM students

  • University of British Columbia (UBC) Astrophysics Masters researcher in spectral analysis of "Changing-Look Quasars", currently developing novel algorithms for detecting Radio Frequency Interference to study the Epoch of Reionization, a major cosmic transformation post-Big Bang

  • Committed mentor and community builder, experienced in fostering inclusive learning environments, supporting student wellbeing, and empowering learners to overcome imposter syndrome and recognise their individual strengths

Luke Bacigalupo
Curriculum Developer

  • Online Course Developer at Euroclio (European Association of History Educators), building structured pedagogical resources for teachers tackling controversial history in the classroom

  • Content Manager at Parallel Histories for nearly three years, collaborated with Pearson to produce new, virtual GCSE and iGCSE teaching resources about conflicts in the Middle East

  • Professional analytical background as an OSINT Analyst (Brasidas Group) and Political Reporting Officer (EU Special Representative in Kosovo), with academic publication and op-eds in The Independent on conflicting historical narratives

  • Multilingual in English, Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, Serbian, currently using AI to aid translation of a book from an archaic Croatian dialect into modern Croatian and English

  • University of Oxford BA (Hons) History graduate with a joint MA in South Eastern European Studies and Political Sciences from the University of Belgrade and the University of Graz

Elmira Mansur
AI and NLP Specialist

  • Experienced data analyst with expertise in building custom GPTs and prompt engineering workflows to automate internal tasks, alongside Python and SQL pipelines that support analytics, reporting, and insight generation for technical and non-technical audiences

  • AI and NLP specialist with hands-on experience fine-tuning language models at Veer Technologies, using tools including PyTorch, TensorFlow, SpaCy, and NLTK

  • Oxford-published researcher, MSc dissertation developed a pioneering hybrid computational social science methodology for online stance detection, combining sentence embeddings, machine-learning classification, and network analysis across 2M+ tweets, with a strong ability to structure complex technical concepts into clear, teachable frameworks

  • University of Oxford MSc in Social Data Science, BA in Sociology from Istanbul Bilgi University

Mahika Dhar
Curriculum Developer

  • Teaching Assistant for Introduction to Critical Thinking at Ashoka, co-designing syllabi and facilitating 60+ class sessions for 30+ undergraduates

  • Experienced English tutor across South Korea, Ukraine, Spain, India, and China, taking learners aged 9 to 52 to B2 proficiency

  • Cultural critic on the intersection of technology, language, and digital culture, with published essays in Public Books and the Sydney Review of Books

  • Literary critic and co-editor of Indian literature at The Asian Review of Books; multilingual (English, Hindi, French, Bengali) with editorial and copywriting experience across Substack, Penguin Random House, and education start-up Draft Punk

  • University of Oxford MSt Creative Writing scholar, Magna cum Laude graduate of Ashoka University (BA English)

Aloysius Safari
Head of Human Intelligence & Relational Affairs, Head Developer

  • Resident philosopher-in-residence at Genesis Learning, in charge of reminding humans that intelligence comes in many forms 

  • Head Developer with strong opinions on prompt engineering, edge-case handling, and the architectural role of ambient presence 

  • Favourite quote: "If a lion could speak, we would not understand it."(by an apparently very wise man whose name starts with a W)

  • Reading list: Stuart Russell's Human Compatible, Nello Cristianini's The Shortcut, Anthony Bryk’s Learning to Improve

  • Native speaker of Lionese and the Roar dialect; fluent in silence, eye contact, and strategic stillness across bilingual English-Chinese offices 

  • Refuses to remove his tiger-print scarf: insists it's load-bearing, non-negotiable, and a core part of his professional identity 

  • Office hours: continuous. Functions best nocturnally. HR email is hr@genesislearning.ai (but please don't email him, just ask AI)