He has taught meteorology, astronomy, and earth science at the college for 16 years. Paul has completed research in his graduate work studying Antarctic meteorological teleconnections during El Nino events, and his post-graduate studies included conditional symmetric instability (thundersnow events). Eric Priest is an Associate Professor of Meteorology at the College of Lake County and his major emphasis is synoptic meteorology (weather analysis and forecasting). Before joining the faculty at CLC, Eric spent nearly twenty five years as an operational aviation meteorologist with the United States Air Force and United Airlines. Back to Site Map