Eric Strieter

Eric grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He received his B.S. degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where his doctoral research with Stephen L. Buchwald focused on the mechanisms of copper- and palladium-catalyzed C–N bond-forming reactions.

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Following his Ph.D., Eric moved across the Charles River to Harvard Medical School as an American Cancer Society postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Christopher T. Walsh. There, he studied the biosynthesis of the plant toxin coronatine, which functions as a molecular cofactor for plant E3 ubiquitin ligases—work that helped catalyze his long-standing interest in ubiquitin-dependent biology.

 

In 2009, Eric began his independent academic career at the University of Wisconsin–Madison before moving to the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he is currently Professor of Chemistry and member of the graduate program in Molecular and Cellular Biology. Outside the lab, Eric enjoys mountain biking and spending time outdoors with family, friends, and his dog.