EDUCATION

1986-1992 Ph.D. Analytical Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Distributed minor in biological chemistry.
Dissertation: Construction and Evaluation of a Capillary Electrophoresis DNA Sequencer (Thesis advisor: Lloyd M. Smith)


1984-1985 Honors Coop Program in environmental engineering, Stanford University

1979-1981 B.S. Chemistry with Honors, University of California, Berkeley. December, 1981.
Honors Thesis: High pressure synthesis of cantharidin analogs.

1976-1978 Chemistry major, University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y.

EMPLOYMENT

September, 2000: Program Director, Colorado College Environmental Science Program: Direct environmental programs including staffing, budgeting and curriculum assessment and design.

January, 1998-present: Associate Professor of Chemistry, The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO. Undergraduate teaching in general, analytical, instrumental and bioanalytical chemistry, environmental science, environmental ethics and writing. Research in bioanalytical and environmental chemistry.

May, 1997 - present: Executive Director, The Catamount Institute, Woodland Park, CO. Co-founder of a 177 acre environmental institute for teaching educators and students about leadership, education and research on environmental sustainability.

June, 1995- September, 1997 : John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Assistant Professor of Chemistry, The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO. Teaching, research and development of innovative courses in bioanalytical and environmental chemistry.

September 1992 - May, 1995: Assistant Professor of Chemistry, The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO. Undergraduate teaching and research in general, analytical, bioanalytical chemistry and global bioethics.

June 1984 - August 1992: National Trip Leader, Sierra Club, San Francisco, CA. Leader for summer trips that focus on photography or rigorous backpacking and mountain climbing.

September 1988 - December 1990: Research Assistant, University of Wisconsin, Dept. of Chemistry. Thesis research under direction of Prof. Lloyd Smith.

January 1986 - September 1988: Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin, Dept. of Chemistry. Taught courses in introductory, analytical and biophysical chemistry.

July 1985 - January 1986 & Summer 1986: Research Assistant, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene. Developed method for GC analysis of PCB congeners and optimized EPA methods.

February 1983 - June 1985: Physical Organic Chemist, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA. Contract research on hydrolysis and photolysis of environmentally significant organic compounds.

January 1980 - January 1983: Research Assistant / Teaching Assistant, University of California, Berkeley, CA. Taught courses in introductory and organic chemistry. Research in synthetic organic chemistry.

July 1978 - January 1980: Quality Control Chemist / Plasma Filtration Technician, Cutter Laboratories, Berkeley, CA. Analyzed raw materials, polymers and blood plasma pharmaceuticals. Prepared blood plasma pharmaceuticals using aseptic conditions in production lots.


 

CONSULTING

January 1995 - present: Polyprobe, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. Development of bioanalytical instrumentation for quantitative DNA analysis.

July, 1997-present: HyperQuan, Colorado Springs, CO. High sensitivity HPLC and CE detectors.

December, 1995 - present: Analytical Development Corporation, Colorado Springs, CO. Capillary electrophoresis separations.

December 1990 - June, 1997: Genomyx/Genentech, South San Francisco, CA. DNA separation and detection, bioanalytical instrumentation, development of business plan.

June 1982 - February 1983: Molecular Designs Ltd., San Leandro, CA. Abstracted organic synthetic procedures and created organic structure data base.

 

HONORS

Project Kaleidoscope: Leadership Institute Task Force Coordinator, 1998
Project Kaleidoscope: Chemistry Workshop Task Force, 1997-1998
Project Kaleidoscope: Faculty for the 21st Century, Leadership Mentor, 1997
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Assistant Professor of Chemistry, 1995-1997
Master Teacher Mentor, William-Jewell College, 1996
Project Kaleidoscope: Faculty for the 21st century Steering Committee, 1996
Project Kaleidoscope: Faculty for the 21st century, 1994 - present
University of Wisconsin: Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, 1988
Camera Concepts, Outstanding Student Photography, 1988
Able Toastmaster, Public Speaking Award, 1987
Honors Coop Program, SRI/Stanford University, 1984
Graduation with Honors, U.C. Berkeley, 1981
Cutter Labs Student Scholarship, 1980
New York State Regents Scholarship, 1976
Rochester Prize Scholarship, 1976
Regents Honors Diploma in Science and Mathematics, 1976

AFFILIATIONS: American Chemical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Sigma Xi, National Science Teachers Association, Sierra Club, Nature Conservancy, Toastmasters International.

REVIEWER: Analytical Chemistry, Journal of Chemical Education, Chemical Educator


INTERESTS: mountain climbing, backpacking, Tai Chi, vegetarian cooking, organic gardening, public speaking, photography, peace issues.


CONTINUING EDUCATION

Holistic Mangement for Non-Land Based Managers, August, 1999

Holistic Management for Educators, June, 1999

Experimental Design, Western Washington University (Huxley College), Fall,1998

NSF Holistic Mangement Workshop, July, 1998

The Natural Step Workshop, May, 1998

Dionex, Environmental & Trace Analysis Workshops, April, 1998
PKAL Chemistry Workshop (coordinator), Colorado College, October, 1997
CIEE: Sustainable Development in Costa Rica, January, 1997
Project Kaleidoscope Leadership Institute, 1996
PEW Case Writing Workshop (coordinator), 1996
PEW Interdisciplinary Connections Workshop, 1996
PEW Environmental Case Study Workshop, 1996
NSF Computer Interfacing Workshop, 1995
NSF User Friendly Project Evaluation, 1995
Hewlett-Packard, HPLC Troubleshooting & Maintenance, 1995
NSF Environmental Chemistry Class, 1994
NSF Lasers in the Undergraduate Curriculum Class, 1993

PUBLICATIONS

Drossman, H., Where Has All the Carbon Gone?: A Module for General Chemistry Students, 2000, ChemLinks Coalition (in beta testing for ChemConnections)

 

Drossman, H., How Might We Cure Color Blindness?: A Module for General Chemistry Students, 2000, ChemLinks Coalition (in beta testing for ChemConnections)

 

Drossman, H. & Tikkanen, W., Does Reformulated Gasoline Help to Reduce Air Pollution?: A Module for General Chemistry Students, 2000, ChemLinks Coalition (in beta testing for ChemConnections)

 

Drossman, H., Should I Run My Car on Biomass Fuel?: A Module for General Chemistry Students, 1999, ChemLinks Coalition (in beta testing for ChemConnections)

 

Drossman, H., Teksten, B., Mabey, W., Mill, T., Metal Ion Catalyzed Catalyzed Hydrolysis of Model Organic Compounds, (in preparation).

Bower, N.B., Meyers, J., Drossman, H., Morphine Radioimmunoassay: A Student-Designed Research Experiment (in preparation).

Drossman, H., A Solar Actinometry Demonstration (in preparation).

Sehnert, L., Drossman, H., Fermentation Activities for General Chemistry (in preparation).

Drossman, H., Morgan, K., Kester, K., Chemistry of Vision: A Neurochemistry Module for General Chemistry Students, 1998, ChemLinks Coalition (in preparation).

Drossman, H. Capillary Electrophoresis of Small Ions and Molecules (book review), Analytical Chemistry (1995), 67, 426A.

Luckey, John A.; Drossman, Howard; Kostichka, Tony; Smith, Lloyd M., High-speed DNA Sequencing by Capillary Gel Electrophoresis, Methods Enzymol. (1993), 218 , Recombinant DNA, Pt. I, 154-72.

White, D., Drossman, H., Drayna, D., A Simple Method for the Production of Single Strand DNA Fragments, Biotechniques (1992)13, 232.

Drossman, H., Construction and Evaluation of a Capillary Electrophoresis DNA Sequencer, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Wisconsin, May, 1992.

Kostichka, A.J., Marchbanks, M., Brumley, R.A., Drossman, H., Smith, L.M., Rapid DNA Sequencing with Multichannel Fluorescence Detection in Ultrathin Slab Gels, Bio/technology (1992),10, 78.

Drossman, H., Luckey, J.A., Kostichka, A.J., D'Cunha, J., Smith, L.M., High Speed Separations of DNA Sequencing Reactions by Capillary Electrophoresis, Anal. Chem. (1990), 62, 900.

Luckey, J.A., Drossman, H., Kostichka, A.J., Mead, D.A., D'Cunha, J., Norris, T., Smith, L.M., High Speed DNA Sequencing by Capillary Electrophoresis, Nucleic Acids Research, (1990), 18, 4417.

Drossman, H., Johnson, H., Mill, T., Structure Activity Relationships for Environmental Processes 1: Hydrolysis of Esters and Carbamates, Chemosphere (1988) 17, 1509.

Drossman, H. in Methods for Analysis of Organic Compounds in the Great Lakes, Vol II, "Pattern Recognition of Complex Mixtures", University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute (1986).

Dulin, D., Drossman, H., Mill, T. Products and Quantum Yields for Photolysis of Chloroaromatics in Water, Env. Sci. & Tech. (1986) 20, 72.

Mabey, W.R., Drossman, H., Liu, A.M., Mill, T., Toxic Substances Process Data Generation, EPA Final Report, EPA Contract 68-03-2921, Task 18 (1984).

PRESENTATIONS

Drossman, H., "Systems Thinking as a Way of Understanding Environmental Problems," PKAL F21 National Assembly, Madison, Wisconsin, October 2001.

 

Drossman, H., Francis, J., Ecological Leadership, Teachers as Scholars Program, Colorado College, October 2001.

 

Drossman, H., An Introduction to the Natural Step, Colorado Sustainabily Conference, Denver, CO, April, 2000.

 

Drossman, H., The Environmental Science Major at Colorado College: A Learning Community with a Sense of Place, CUR National Conference, June, 2000.

 

Drossman, H., Bioanalytical Chemistry: Integrating Biochemistry Into Analytical Chemistry Programs, American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March, 2000.

 

Drossman, H., How Might We Cure Color Blindness?: A ChemLinks Module for Introductory Chemistry, American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March, 2000.

 

Drossman, H., Clarke, E, Kerr, J., Scherer, E., Snyder, M., Monoterpenes as Biomarkers for Genetic Diversity & Co-evolution?, American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March, 2000.

 

Drossman, H., An Introduction to Capillary Electrophoresis, Western Washington University, November, 1998.

 

Drossman, H., Should I Run My Car with Biomass Fuels?, Workshop presented at Western Washington University, November, 1998.

 

Drossman, H., Systemic Changes in Undergraduate Chemistry, Rocky Mountain Chairs Conference, Bellingham, WA, October, 1998.

 

Drossman, H., Analytical Skills for Biochemists?, Project Kaleidoscope Conference: Biochemistry: Chemistry or Biology?, Rice University, October, 1998.

 

Pearson-Franks, T, & Drossman, H., Monitoring Anions and Cations in Atmospheric Aerosols, PEW Student Symposium, October, 1998.

 

Clarke, E., Snyder, M., Drossman, H, Genetic Diversity in Ponderosa Pine by GC Terpenoid Analysis, PEW Student Symposium, October, 1998.

 

Drossman, H., The Colorado College Chemistry Department: Systemic Change in 3-1/2 Weeks, Project Kaleidoscope Conference: Interdisciplinary Connections in Chemistry, Colorado College, October, 1997.

Drossman, H., Lehmpuhl, D., Teaching Analytical Chemistry with Gatorade, Project Kaleidoscope Conference: Interdisciplinary Connections in Chemistry, Colorado College, October, 1997.

Drossman, H., Biomass Module Workshop, Beloit College, Beloit, WI, August, 1997.

Drossman, H., Experiential Learning in General Chemistry Through Use of the Biomass Module, American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April, 1997.

Brau, D., Miller, D., Bundy, K., Nilsen, T., A Single Molecule Quantitative DNA Hybridization Assay (poster), American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April, 1997.

Meyers, J., Bertrand, R., Drossman, H., Genetic Typing of Native American Populations by CE-LIF (poster), American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April, 1997.

Drossman, H., Brau, D., Development of a Single Molecule Quantitative DNA Hybridization Assay, Carleton College, Feb., 1997 & University of Wyoming, Jan., 1997.

Drossman, H., Kester, K., Systemic Changes in Undergraduate Chemistry, Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum Reform: Focusing on the First Two Years, University of Northern Colorado, Fort Collins, CO, November, 1996.

Meyers, J., Bertrand, R., Drossman, H., DNA Typing by Laser Induced Fluorescence Capillary Electrophoresis (poster), PEW Undergraduate Research Conference, November, 1996.

Miller, D., Brau, D., Drossman, H., A Single Molecule Quantitative DNA Assay (poster), PEW Undergraduate Research Conference, November, 1996.

Drossman, H. & Spencer, B., Systemic Changes in Undergraduate Chemistry: ChemLinks and the Biomass Module, Project Kaleidoscope Conference: Enhancing Undergraduate Chemistry, Columbia University, N.Y., March, 1996 and Gordon Research Conference on Chemical Education, N.H., July, 1996.

Drossman, H., What is Bioanalytical Chemistry? (poster), Gordon Research Conference, New Hampshire, July, 1996.

Drossman, H., Introduction to Capillary Electrophoresis, Sigma Xi, Colorado Springs, CO, January, 1994

Drossman, H., The Human Genome Project, Northwestern Alumni Association of Colorado Springs, October, 1993.

Drossman, H., DNA Analysis by Capillary Gel Electrophoresis, Future Technologies for DNA Analysis, Bethesda, MD, October, 1992.

Drossman, H., DNA Sequencing in Ultrathin Gels and Capillaries, Science Innovation '92, San Francisco, CA, July 1992.

Drossman, H., Smith, D.H., Land, A.P., Brennan, T., DNA Sequencing with Stable Sulfur Isotopes, Genentech, Inc., May, 1991.

Drossman, H., DNA Sequencing by Capillary Electrophoresis: A Comparison of Two Approaches, University of Utah, January, 1991 and Battelle Northwest Labs, April 1991.

Drossman, H., Luckey, J.A., Kostichka, A.J., Smith, L.M., DNA Sequencing by Capillary Electrophoresis, HPCE '90, January, 1990.

Drossman, H., An Experimental Model for a Molecular Shift Register, Doctoral Research Proposal, September, 1988.

Drossman, H., "Magnetic Circular Dichroism: An Introduction with Bioanalytical Applications, Analytical Chemistry Seminar, October, 1987.

Drossman, H., "Estimation of Photolytic Rate Constants in the Aquatic Environment," Environmental Toxicology Symposium, Madison, WI, March,1986.

Drossman, H., Mabey, W., Mill, T., "Estimation and Experimental Verification of Hydrolysis Rates in the Environment," Environmental Protection Agency, Ada, OK, August, 1985.

Drossman, H., Mabey, W., Mill, T., "Is Metal Catalyzed Hydrolysis an Important Degradation Process for Organic Compounds in the Aquatic Environment?," Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Colloquium, SRI International, October, 1984.

Drossman, H., "Mathematical Modeling of Acid-Base and Oxidation-Reduction Processes in the Aquatic Environment," Chemistry Division Symposium, SRI International, March, 1985

Drossman, H., "Better Loving Through Chemistry: High Pressure Synthesis of Cantharidin Analogs," Chemistry Division Symposium, SRI International, March, 1984.

FUNDING (external):

Mellon Foundation: The Second Step for Environmental Science at Colorado College, October, 1999 ($300,000)

 

Bio-Rad: Capillary Electrophoresis Instrumentation for Student Laboratories, October, 1992 ($15,000).

ATI/Unicam Analytical: Capillary Electrophoresis and Data Analysis Instrumentation, April, 1993 ($20,000).

DOD DNA Analysis Laboratory: Capillary electrophoresis equipment for DNA analysis, December, 1993 ($25,000).

Hewlett-Packard Foundation: DAD-HPLC Instrumentation for bioanalytical and environmental class development, March, 1994 ($53,000).

NSF-ILI: Lasers for the Undergraduate Physical Science Curriculum, April, 1994 ($27,520).

NSF-CCD: Biomass Module Development for ChemLinks Coalition, Summer, 1995. ($9,600). Salary for professor, consultant, two students and supplies.

NSF-ISTEP: Chemistry of food curriculum for middle school teachers, Summer, 1996 ($3,000).

NSF-CCD: Biomass Module Revision for ChemLinks Coalition, Summer, 1996. ($1200).

NSF-CCD: Member of ChemLinks Coalition to develop new course material and pedagogy in biological, environmental and food chemistry as part of a large project to systemically change the teaching of undergraduate chemistry, Summer 1995 ($12,000).

Research Corporation : Development of a Single Molecule Quantitative DNA Assay ($26,750).

Sherman Fairchild Foundation: Equipment for Introductory Classes in Environmental Science, Dec. 1996 - Nov. 2001 ($495,000).

Polyprobe, Inc: Equipment and salary for a full-time technician. Sept. 1996 - August, 1997 ($30,000).

PEW Charitable Trust: Case Writing Workshop (co-organizer), September, 1996 ($15,000).

NSF-CCD: Neurochemistry Module Development for ChemLinks Coalition, Fall, Spring, 1997-1998. ($28,000). Salary for two professors, consultant, student and supplies.

FUNDING (internal):

Barnes Trust: Bioanalytical Instrumentation and computers, September, 1992 ($25,000).

Barnes Summer Research (3 student projects, 1994-1995)

Rubins Grant: Caffeine immunoassay development, February, 1994 ($600).

Barnes Trust: Optical equipment for bioanalytical and environmental classes, July, 1994 ($40,000).

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Grant (1 summer student, 1995)

Barnes Summer Research (2 student projects, 1995-1996)

Natural Science Division: Computer equipment for single molecule assay ($875)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Grant (2 students, Summer, 1996)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Grant (1 student, Fall, 1996)

Natural Science Division: Sustainable Development Class in Costa Rica (Winter, 1997)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Grant (3 students, Summer, 1997)

Barnes Summer Research (3 student projects, 1997)