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Meet your coach.

Sophia Tostenson, PhD.

Founder & owner of FitByScience.

Sophia is a former research scientist, lifelong athlete, fitness and nutrition coach.

Sophia earned her PhD in Entomology from North Carolina State University. She has a background in biology, genetic engineering, chemistry, and physics. She spent years working with mosquitoes and fruit flies. Although Sophia loved working as a research scientist, she has always been passionate about fitness, nutrition, and having a direct positive impact on others every day.

She decided it was time to couple her passion for science with her passion for exercise and nutrition and founded her own coaching business, Fit By Science.

Degrees and Certifications

North Carolina State University

Ph.D Entomology with minor in Genetic Engineering & Society

National Science Foundation IGERT Fellow

Postdoctoral Research Scholar

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)

B. Sc. Biology, Chemistry and Entomology minors

NASM Certified Personal Trainer (CPT)

NASM Certified Nutrition Coach (CNC)

CrossFit L-1 Instructor

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