Dr. Sergiy Klymchuk has been teaching university-level mathematics since 1980 and has been a faculty member at the Auckland University of Technology (AUT) since 2000. He completed his PhD in 1988, specializing in differential equations, and his research focus has since evolved into mathematics education. Over his distinguished career, he has authored or co-authored more than 250 publications, including several notable books such as Counterexamples in Calculus, which received the Outstanding Academic Title Award from Choice magazine of the American Library Association in 2010; Paradoxes and Sophisms in Calculus, which was featured on the cover of the 2014 Publications Catalogue of the Mathematical Association of America; and the internationally acclaimed Money Puzzles: On Critical Thinking and Financial Literacy, published in nine countries.

Throughout his tenure at AUT, Dr. Sergiy Klymchuk has secured numerous research and teaching grants and awards, totaling over $800,000, of which $600,000 were external. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (UK), a member of the Royal Society of New Zealand, and affiliated with several other international organizations dedicated to mathematics education. Additionally, he served as a Visiting Associate Professor of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) at Wismar University in Germany from 2006 to 2008, further highlighting his commitment to global academic collaboration and excellence.