Howard Drossman Tutt Science Center 130F Phone: (719) 389-6756 Fax: (719) 227-8229 e-mail: hdrossman@coloradocollege.edu Professor of Environmental Science 2006-present Board President, Catamount Center, 2009-present Chair, Colorado College Campus Sustainability Council, 2005-present Environmental Science Program Director, 2000-2007 Associate Professor of Chemistry 1998-2006 Executive Director, Catamount Institute, 1998-2001 John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Assistant Professor of Chemistry 1995-1997 Assistant Professor of Chemistry: 1992-1995 First year at Colorado College: 1992 Education: B.S., University of California, Berkeley, 1981; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1992

Employment Experience
	Genomyx/Genentech-Genomic sequencing instrumentation SRI International -Environmental chemistry Molecular Designs Laboratory-computer chemistry Cutter Laboratories -pharmaceutical chemistry
Interdisciplinary Connections
	Environmental Science Environmental Education Bioanalytical Chemistry
Research Interests
	Curricular Reform Atmospheric science undergraduate course curriculum development with Center for Multiscale Modeling of Atmospheric Processes (CMMAP) at Colorado State University, National Science Foundation) Mentoring program for atmospheric science graduate students (CMMAP) Systemic changes in undergraduate chemistry teaching with ChemLinks. Member of the Project Kaleidoscope Faculty for the 21st Century since 1994. Vitalizing analytical chemistry with modern instrumental methods and chemical speciation analysis. Developing interdisciplinary curricula and courses in environmental science and bioanalytical chemistry. Developing POGIL exercises for topics in environmental science. Integrating service learning and the environment (CTTS article). Teaching international classes in Human Rights and the Environment in Thailand (ISDSI) and in Inuit Sustainability in Canada.   Ecosystem Ecology & Environmental Chemistry Interactions of carbon cycling, nitrogen cycling, and nitrogen stable isotopes in plants as affected by mycorrhizal fungi, N Availability and N Form (w/ John Hobbie, MBL Ecosystem Center and Erik Hobbie, UNH Complex Systems Research Center; funded by National Science Foundation) . Ecological and biological effects of thinning in Colorado Front Range forests (w/ Peter Marchand, Mary Stromberger, Bill Massman & Sam Johnson; Catamount Center; funded by US Forest Service, Colorado Springs Utilities). Analysis of terpenoids in ponderosa pine by GC-FID as a marker for genetic diversity (w/ Marc Snyder, Colorado College). Assessing treeline migration on Pikes Peak (w/ Miro Kummel) Water quality in the Fountain Creek watershed (w/ Mat Reuer and Miro Kummel) Modeling photolytic and hydrolytic fate of model pollutants in aquatic systems (w/ Ted Mill, SRI International). Nitrogen speciation in clouds on the Big Island (Hawaii) (w/ Dr. Barry Huebert).   Environmental Non-profit Foundations I was co-founder and currently serve on the Board of Directors of the Catamount Center, based in Woodland Park, Colorado.  The Center performs contract research on forestry, watershed "health" and ecological sustainability and sponsors conferences on transdiscplinary topics related to environmental sustainability. I serve as a director of the Leopold Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to the "Seven-S" approach for promoting ecological sustainability. Along with my wife, Julie Francis, I founded the Catamount Institute in 1998. The Institute provides educational programs that promote environmental sustainability. I serve as a reviewer for environmental education certification portfolios for the Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education (CAEE). Environmental Education The Environmental education through filmmaking project (submitted to Environmental Education Research w/ student Hallie Harness) Using constructivist-motivated methods for mentoring atmospheric science graduate students (accepted for publication in J. College Science Teaching). Bioanalytical Chemistry Effects of poppy seed consumption on urinary morphine (w/ Nate Bower, Colorado College, in Chemical Educator). Development and teaching of Bioanalytical Chemistry classes and labs Single molecule DNA hybridization assays using Genisphere's DNA dendrimers. Separations methods development using capillary electrophoresis.
Courses Taught at CC
	Introduction to Global Climate Change (EV 128) Human Impacts on Biogeochemical Cycles (EV 211) Environmental Education (ED203/EV 260) Environmental Inquiry (EV 221) Analysis of Environmental Data (EV 228) Energy: Environmental Thermodynamics & Energetics (EV 212) Water: Ecohydrology & Aquatic Chemistry (EV 311) Air: Atmospheric Physics & Chemistry (EV 431) Bioanalytical Chemistry (CH 345) Intro to Environmental Science: Global Climate (EV 121) Intro Env Science: Campus Sustainability (EV 120) Environmental Science Capstone (EV 411) Environmental Science Practicum (EV 490) Environmental Science Seminar (EV 491) Environmental Science Thesis (EV 499) Global Bioethics (EV 120) General Chemistry I (CH 107) General Chemistry II (CH 108) Introduction to Analytical Chemistry (CH241) Instrumental Analysis (CH 342)

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