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
Harvey Pine
Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies
(603) 526-3059 | hpine@colby-sawyer.edu
Joined faculty in 2008. Ph.D. from Auburn University.
Waverly Thorsen
Assistant Professor, Natural Sciences
(603) 526-3676 | waverly.thorsen@colby-sawyer.edu
Joined faculty in 2010. B.A. in chemistry from Bowdoin College, an M.S. in nutritional sciences from the University of Connecticut and a Ph.D. in toxicology from North Carolina State University. Thorsen gained teaching experience at the University of Connecticut and Olympic College. Most recently, she worked on the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and for the past three summers on a scientific research vessel in the Chukchi Sea located in the Alaskan Arctic.
