Eric received his PhD in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology from Stony Brook University while studying pancreatic cancer under the supervision of Howard Crawford. He then performed postdoctoral research identifying novel oncogenes in liver and ovarian cancers with Scott Powers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Eric has been an Editor for the Journal of Experimental Medicine and Genes & Development, as well as Research Operations Manager for the Lustgarten Foundation. He returned to the Journal of Experimental Medicine in 2020.