Dr. John C. Kotz is an emeritus State University of New York Distinguished Teaching Professor at the College at Oneonta. Educated at Lee University, Washington University, and Cornell University, he held National Institutes of Health postdoctoral appointments at the University of Manchester Institute for Science and Technology (UK) and at Indiana University. Dr. Kotz has co-authored 3 textbooks in several editions – Chemistry & Chemical Reactivity (now in the tenth edition), Inorganic Chemistry, and The Chemical World. He also has published research on inorganic chemistry and electrochemistry.

Professor John Kotz was a Fulbright Lecturer and Research Scholar in Portugal in 1979 and a visiting professor there in 1992, as well as a visiting professor at the Institute for Chemical Education (the University of Wisconsin, 1991-1992) and at Auckland University in New Zealand (1999). In addition, a recent tenure as a mentor of the U.S. Chemistry Olympiad Team, John has received numerous honors, including a National Catalyst Award for Excellence in Teaching (1992), State University of New York Chancellor’s Award (1979), the Estee Lectureship in Chemical Education at the University of South Dakota (1998), the Visiting Scientist Award from the Western Connecticut Section of the American Chemical Society (1999), and the 1st annual Distinguished Education Award from the Binghamton (New York) Section of the American Chemical Society (2001) among others.