Our Team: Instructors & Leadership

Leadership

Sanjib Biswas

Co-Founder

Sanjib co-founded C0deEX to give students in Acton and the surrounding towns a place to pursue science, English and computer science with the rigor they deserve. He leads the institute's academic programs and its partnerships with local schools, and has guided C0deEX's growth from a computer science academy into a full K–12 academic institute.

He believes every student can excel when they are placed at the right level, taught by people who know their subject, and given a goal worth reaching, whether that is a first science experiment, an AP exam or a national competition stage.

Susri Anuradha

Co-Founder and Director

Anuradha co-founded C0deEX and directs its day-to-day operations, from course planning and scheduling to the experience every family has with the institute. She works closely with instructors to keep classes small, well organized and focused on each student's progress.

She has helped build C0deEX's programs in science, English and computer science, and its community of students, families and partner schools across Acton and the surrounding towns.

Science

Trina Overgaard Toups

Science Instructor and YBTS Coach

M.S., Physical Chemistry

Trina has tutored individual students and taught small groups for more than 15 years. She has taught earth and environmental science, biology and chemistry to students aged 7 to 18, and coaches the C0deEX You Be The Solution chemistry team.

English

Marissa Dupont

English Instructor

BFA, Writing, Literature & Publishing (Emerson College) · Master's degree (Academy of Art University)

Marissa holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Writing, Literature and Publishing from Emerson College in Boston and a master's degree from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. She is active in community organizations in her hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts, and loves asking kids to tell her their favorite animal.

Test Prep

Cooper Stevens

Test Prep Instructor

Harvard University, Mathematics and Statistics

Cooper studies mathematics and statistics at Harvard University. Before joining C0deEX he worked as a freelance SAT Math tutor, helping students build the confidence and skills to reach their score goals.

Computer Science

Richard Paul

Computer Science Instructor

Licensed Computer Science educator

Richard taught middle and high school computer science at Salem Academy Charter School, with courses from Introduction to Programming through Machine Learning, emphasizing computational thinking and problem-solving.

Eric Chen

Advanced Computer Science Instructor

UCLA, Mathematics of Computation · USACO Platinum

Eric studies Mathematics of Computation at the University of California, Los Angeles. He reached the USACO Platinum division in high school and now teaches USACO and other programming courses, specializing in data structures and algorithms.

Dan Aube

Computer Science Instructor

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Computer Science

Dan studies computer science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His focus is efficient algorithms, particularly for graph problems, and he teaches in both C++ and Python.

Pallavi Deshpande

Computer Science & Science Instructor

M.S., Computer Science · B.E., Electronics

Pallavi spent five years assisting undergraduate students before teaching at C0deEX, where she works with students on coding, electronics and science.

Nikita Pendharkar

Robotics Instructor

M.S., Electronics Design · B.E., Electronics & Telecommunications

Nikita has more than seven years of experience teaching K–12 students block-based programming, robotics and LEGO design, including Ozobot, SPIKE Prime and WeDo 2.0. She has coached multiple FIRST LEGO League Challenge and Explore teams.