Owen P Priest

Distinguished Senior Lecturer & Director of Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Northwestern University

Owen Priest began his teaching career by teaching high school chemistry and physics.  After earning his Ph.D. in chemistry he started teaching at the college level and for the past decade has taught organic chemistry at Northwestern University while also serving as the director of the undergraduate organic laboratory program. 

His professional interests include natural products chemistry, synthetic organic chemistry, and green chemistry.  His personal interests also include evolutionary biology and particle physics.