May 2006-Present: Associate Professor, Plant and Soil Science Department, University of Kentucky

May 2000-April 2006: Assistant Professor, Department of Agronomy, University of Kentucky

Areas of Interest: Soil Chemistry - Analysis, acidity, liming, ion exchange, physical chemistry of soils and behavior of soil additives. Soil Mineralogy - Frequency, distribution, formation, translocation and properties of soil minerals. Dr. Matocha’s research program interrogates coupled processes of reactive nitrogen with iron, manganese and organic carbon in soil environments. Another research problem is focused on the impact of nitrogen fertilization on minerals in soil under no-till management.