Michael Drummond, PhD

Born and raised in Colorado, Michael grew up with a love of the outdoors and mountains. He then discovered a love of chemistry at APU, earning a B.S. in Chemistry. He completed his doctoral work at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where he studied the effects of hydrogen bonding interactions in non-heme iron enzyme models. He then moved up the road to the University of Illinois Chicago to work as a lecturer and postdoctoral researcher developing new battery materials. Michael is now excited to be back at APU as an assistant professor of analytical chemistry. He enjoys connecting with APU students in the classroom and lab and teaching the scientific process and applications of chemistry in society. Drummond’s research interests include the development of organometallic and coordination complexes capable of efficient electron shuttling in new battery materials for the storage of renewable energy. Students conducting research in his lab will learn air-free synthesis, a variety of instrumentation for the characterization of molecules, and electrochemistry.