Dr. William O'Neal

Will O’Neal received a Ph.D. in chemistry from Dartmouth College, where his research focused on the development of new synthetic routes to macrocyclic tetrapyrroles of the chlorin and bacteriochlorin classes. He served as an American Chemical Society Congressional Fellow from 2008 to 2009 and subsequently worked as a congressional staffer for several years. For seven years, he served on the faculty of Coastal Carolina Community College, where he taught Organic Chemistry and related courses. He is the author of two laboratory texts: Exercises for the General, Organic, and Biochemistry Laboratory and Exploring General, Organic, and Biochemistry in the Laboratory. Will’s scholarly interests are a combination of organic methodology, chemical education, and green chemistry. His current work focuses on the design of a novel curriculum model for organic chemistry, the development of a “guided research” model for the accompanying laboratory course, and the exploration of less hazardous and more environmentally benign reactions for the organic laboratory.