Erick M. Carreira

Erick M. Carreira
Carreira in 2010
Born1963 (age 6162)
Havana, Cuba
Alma materUniversity of Illinois Urbana–Champaign (BS)
Harvard University (PhD)
Known forTotal synthesis
Scientific career
FieldsSynthetic organic chemistry
InstitutionsCalifornia Institute of Technology
ETH Zürich
Doctoral advisorDavid A. Evans
Websitewww.carreira.ethz.ch

Erick M. Carreira (born 1963) is a Cuban-born American organic chemist and professor at ETH Zürich. He is known for his research group's work in total synthesis projects, particularly asymmetric synthesis of complex natural products. He became the editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Chemical Society in 2021.