About Dr. Wolfson | My Chem Mentor

Why MCM exists

STEM and pre-health support is broken in a specific way.

Most students in STEM and pre-health programs piece together their support. A tutor for chemistry. A consultant for applications. A test-prep service in between. Each person is good at their thing. None of them know each other. None of them know you.

My Chem Mentor is built around the opposite premise: the most important resource a serious student can have is one person who knows the full story, academically, professionally, and personally, and can give advice that actually fits.

After my PhD I spent four-and-a-half years in industry: Senior Scientist at DuPont's Electronics & Imaging division, then product development roles at Franklin International and Adhesives Research. Industry chemistry. Hiring decisions. Real projects with real stakes. When I returned to mentorship, the gap was obvious. Capable students across STEM, including those on the pre-med, pre-vet, pre-pharmacy, pre-dental, and pre-optometry tracks, were leaving their fields not because they were not smart enough, but because the support around them was fragmented in exactly the way I described above.

I built MCM to fix that. One person who knows your science, your story, and your path. Across years, not sessions.

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Background

A scientist, a mentor, and someone who has been on the other side of the hiring panel.

Dr. Eric Wolfson earned his PhD in Organic Chemistry from The Ohio State University in 2021, working in the McGrier lab on covalent organic frameworks for energy storage and catalysis. He earned his B.S. in Chemistry, Cum Laude, from the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) in 2015. His research has been published in Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews, Molecular Systems Design and Engineering, and ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. His 2020 Chem. Soc. Rev. review on the photophysical properties of covalent organic frameworks remains his most-cited work.

"I became a coach and mentor because I watched too many capable students leave the field. I knew I could help fix it."

After completing his PhD, Dr. Wolfson spent the next four-and-a-half years as an industrial chemist across three companies and three very different problem spaces. He started as a Senior Scientist at DuPont's Electronics & Imaging division, designing photoresist molecules for ultra-high-resolution lithography. He then moved to Franklin International as a Product Development Chemist developing wood adhesives, where he led a project that took a new product platform from ideation to commercialization in under five months. Most recently he served as a Sr. Product Development Chemist at Adhesives Research, leading next-generation skin-adhesive R&D for medical-grade long-term wear applications. Across those roles he sat on hiring panels, mentored junior scientists, and saw firsthand what makes a science career work, the kind of perspective most academic coaches simply do not have.

That breadth is the foundation of My Chem Mentor. Today, Dr. Wolfson works with chemistry, STEM, and pre-health students, including those on the pre-med, pre-vet, pre-pharmacy, pre-dental, and pre-optometry tracks, from OSU, UMBC, Rutgers, Columbia, and Johns Hopkins, with nearly a decade of one-on-one and group instruction behind him: graduate teaching at OSU, eight years of private tutoring, and ongoing mentorship through MCM. He also gives back to the broader STEM community through outreach engagements: so far in 2026 he has served as a guest speaker at Johns Hopkins, hosting workshops to help develop professional skills such as reading scientific literature. He also has served as a Science Olympiad (Dynamic Planet) judge/grader at UMBC. Both efforts were aimed at supporting the next generation of scientists. Together, the profile is a rare one in chemistry education: equal parts published researcher, working industrial chemist, and dedicated mentor.

Credentials

A foundation built on real expertise.

Years of academic research, industrial experience across three R&D domains, and one-on-one teaching, combined into one mentor.

PhD, Organic Chemistry

The Ohio State University, 2021. Dissertation on covalent organic frameworks under Dr. Psaras McGrier.

B.S., Chemistry (Cum Laude)

University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), 2015. A nationally recognized STEM research institution.

Industry Chemist Across Three Companies

Senior Scientist I at DuPont Electronics & Imaging (semiconductor photoresists), Product Development Chemist at Franklin International (wood adhesives), and Sr. Product Development Chemist at Adhesives Research (medical-grade skin adhesives).

~2,000 Hours Teaching

Nearly a decade of one-on-one and group instruction across high school, AP, and university-level chemistry, including a 2.5-year graduate teaching appointment at OSU.

Published Research

Five peer-reviewed publications in JACS, Chem. Soc. Rev., Mol. Sys. Des. Eng., ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, and Chem. Comm., plus invited oral and poster presentations.

Working with Students Across the Country

Active mentorship with chemistry, STEM, and pre-health students, including those on the pre-med, pre-vet, pre-pharmacy, pre-dental, and pre-optometry tracks, from OSU, UMBC, Rutgers, Columbia University, and Johns Hopkins. 2026 STEM outreach included a JHU literature workshop and UMBC Science Olympiad.

Affiliations & Community

Connected to the institutions that matter.

Active relationships with universities, mentorship programs, and the platform powering every session.

Mentorship Partner

The Ivy League Challenge

A leading college admissions mentorship program helping high-achieving students gain entry to top universities, as featured in Forbes and Bloomberg. Dr. Wolfson serves as a chemistry educator and mentor within the program.

Education Initiative

The Organic Chemistry Initiative

A professional initiative advancing organic chemistry education through modern, accessible formats. Dr. Wolfson contributes expertise to the organization's mission of improving how organic chemistry is taught and learned.

Platform Partner

Kedyou

The interactive virtual tutoring platform powering every My Chem Mentor session. Kedyou enables real-time whiteboard collaboration, problem-solving, and video instruction, making expert chemistry instruction accessible from anywhere.

Alma mater · STEM outreach

University of Maryland Baltimore County

Dr. Wolfson's undergraduate alma mater and an institution that continues to send chemistry students to MCM. He served as a Science Olympiad (Dynamic Planet) grader at UMBC in 2026 as part of his ongoing STEM outreach.

Universities served · STEM outreach

Johns Hopkins University

STEM and pre-health students from Johns Hopkins are actively mentored through MCM. In 2026, Dr. Wolfson was a guest speaker at JHU on "Beyond the Abstract: How to Read Academic Literature," outreach to support the next generation of scientists.

PhD alma mater

The Ohio State University

PhD alma mater and one of the nation's leading chemistry programs, where Dr. Wolfson conducted original research that continues to be cited across the materials science and chemistry communities.

One person who is one hundred percent invested in you.