Faculty Experts- Chemistry
Name: Nate Bower
Title: Professor of Chemistry
Phone: Contact CC Media Relations, (719) 389-6138
Education: B.A., The College of Wooster; Ph.D., Oregon State University
Came to CC in: 1979
Courses taught at CC: General, analytical, and environmental chemistry, with some topical courses in archaeochemistry, etc.
Areas of expertise: Analysis using atomic spectroscopic methods
Sample topics: Spectroanalysis in numismatics, archaeochemistry, art conservation and chemical ecology
Major publications: More than 50 publications in peer-reviewed journals; representative ones are listed below with student co-authors indicated with an asterisk.
"Experimental and Theoretical Comparison of the Precision of Flame Atomic Absorption, Fluorescence, and Emission Measurements," N. W. Bower and J. D. Ingle, Jr., in Applied Spectroscopy, 35, 317-324 (1981)
"A Critical Evaluation of the Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope for the Analysis of Paint Fragments in Art Conservation, N. W. Bower, D. C. Stulik, and E. Doehne, in Fresenius Journal of Analytical Chemistry, 348: 402-410, (1994)
"Optimizing the Analysis of Cocaine on Money Using GC-MS: A Cross-Disciplinary Undergraduate Laboratory” C. A. Heimbuck* and N. W. Bower, in Journal of Chemical Education, 79 (10), 1254-1256 (2002)
"Resistance to Bark Beetle Attack in Caribbean Pine: Potential Role of 4-Allylanisole,” M. A. Snyder and N. W. Bower, in Biotropica, 37(4), 702-705 (2005)
“Human Lead Exposure in a Late 19th Century Mental Asylum Population,” N. W. Bower, S. A. McCants*, J. M. Custodio*, M. E. Ketterer, S. R. Getty and J. M. Hoffman, in Science of the Total Environment, 372, 463-473 (2007)
Other pertinent information: Has chaired either chemistry/biochemistry department or the environmental science program for the past 15 years.
Name: Ted Lindeman
Job Title: Professor of Chemistry
Office Phone: (719) 389-6745
Email: tlindeman@coloradocollege.edu
Came to CC in: 1983
Education: A.B., chemistry, Colorado College 1973; M.S., physical chemistry, Cornell University 1976; Ph.D., physical chemistry, Cornell University 1979
Courses taught at CC: General Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, The Material World, Dawn of the Nuclear Age, Chemistry and Physics by Experiment, glassblowing
Areas of expertise: Chemical thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, chemistry demonstrations, lasers, atmospheric chemistry (some aspects), chemistry and physics of pyrotechnics, materials science, science of snow and snowflakes
Major publications: Not much "overlap" here, actually.
Other areas of personal/professional interest: Hiking and camping (A longtime member of the AdAmAn Clu), sourdough cookery, and fermented food substances more generally. I shoot several public firework shows each year.
Pertinent biographical information: A Colorado native. Studied at CC under last year of semesters, first 3 years of blocks.
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