Professor Matthew W. Stoltzfus graduated from Millersville University with a B.S. in Chemistry in 2002 and The Ohio State University with a Ph.D. in Chemistry in 2007. He worked for the Ohio REEL network, an NSF-funded center that works to integrate authentic research experiments into the general chemistry lab curriculum at over 15  universities and colleges throughout Ohio, for two years as a teaching postdoctoral assistant.

Dr. Stoltzfus joined the Ohio State University faculty in 2009 and is currently a Chemistry Lecturer. In addition to teaching general chemistry, he accepted a Faculty Fellow position with the Digital First Initiative, which encourages instructors to use new technology to provide chemistry students with engaging digital learning material.

He created an iTunes U general chemistry course as a result of this initiative, which has drawn over 120,000 students from all over the world. Professor Stoltzfus has earned a number of teaching honors, including the inaugural Ohio State University Provost’s Award for Distinguished Teaching by a Lecturer in 2013, as well as being named an Apple Distinguished Educator.