Dr. Griswold has been with the Cedar Crest faculty since 1975 and is well known for his teaching skills in the lecture and laboratory. His primary efforts are in the big Organic Chemistry course sequence taken by most science majors, and he also teaches polymer chemistry and in areas relating to bio-organic and pharmaceutical applications, including marine natural products. Dr. Griswold has given numerous public presentations on the origins of pharmaceuticals and toxins/ drugs from marine sources. He served as an oceanographic instructor in the United States Navy and has been the interim Coordinator for the Forensics Concentration. His current research projects include heterocyclic synthesis of bio-active molecules, and addition reactions of neurotransmitters.

Dr. Griswold is primarily interested in organic chemistry as it relates to neurotransmitters, pharmaceuticals, and polymers. He is currently researching the chemical pathways of DOPA. His development of our heterocyclic chemistry and polymer courses allows the offering of sophisticated topics not normally considered at the undergraduate level. Dr. Griswold is also active in the research/development of instrumental methods as applied to organic compounds.