Erick is a BMCB graduate student at Cornell University. Erick joined Cornell in Fall 2024, and joined the lab in April 2025. Prior to starting graduate school, Erick worked as a Research Associate and Lab Manager in Dr. Rolf Bodmer and Dr. Karen Ocorr’s lab at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute in La Jolla. He received his Bachelor’s Degree from MIT.