Cheryl Coolidge
Associate Professor, Natural Sciences
(603) 526-3676 | ccoolidge@colby-sawyer.edu
Joined the faculty in 2002. Received A.B. from Bowdoin College, M.S. from Northeastern University and Ph.D. from University of Massachusetts – Lowell. Teaching interests include biochemistry, analytical chemistry and environmental chemistry. She is a pioneer in using the Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) in college biochemistry courses, and is among a growing trend of professors nationwide to use the method in foundation chemistry classes. Research interests are in analyzing the interaction of organic pollutants with humic substances using spectrofluorometric techniques. | faculty profile
Areas of expertise
- Molecular fluorescence spectroscopy
- High performance liquid chromatography
- Analytical chemistry
- Environmental studies
- Clinical biochemistry
Education
- Ph.D. , University of Massachusetts, Lowell
- M.S., Northeastern University
- B.A., Bowdoin College
