Liz Earley

Science

lize@maybeckhs.org

BS Human Biology and Society
University of California, Los Angeles

MA Molecular and Cell Biology
University of California, Berkeley

Liz Earley has been at Maybeck since 2021 where she teaches Physics and Computer Science. A native to San Francisco, Liz has always suffered from too many interests, not enough time. Initially pursuing a degree in History and a minor in Japanese at UCLA, Liz switched gears and graduated with a bachelors in Genetics and a minor in Theatre. Her senior-year capstone project was to design and teach an undergraduate course on Genetic Disorder and Identity. After graduating, she worked as a laboratory technician at UCSF investigating the molecular basis of familial Parkinson’s. Her master’s work at Cal involved the biophysical properties of DNA compaction, and she also taught undergraduate genetics and CRISPR lab classes through Berkeley Extension.

Liz loves teaching science, not just for the rich material but the complex feelings it inspires in students; to place our tiny lives in context of the Universe, to know our chemical makeup was forged in the heart of a star, to trace an unbroken line from ourselves to the origin of life on Earth, and to appreciate that the few fundamental ideas that explain almost everything somehow always leave us more curious than we started.

When she’s not nerding out at school, Liz can be found picnicking, at concerts, taking classes at the Y, or relaxing at home in Oakland with her two silly cats.