Erick Moran Carreira

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.

Early life and education Carreira was born in 1963 in Havana, Cuba. He received his B.S. in 1984 from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, where he worked with Scott E. Denmark. He then began graduate work at Harvard University as a student of David A. Evans and received his Ph.D. in 1990. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the California Institute of Technology with Peter Dervan until he joined the faculty there in 1992. including volume 93 of Organic Syntheses. In 2019, Carreira was appointed as the editor-in-chief of Organic Letters published by the American Chemical Society, where he had previously served as an associate editor for 18 years. In April 2020, Carreira was elected for a membership in the National Academy of Sciences of the United States. In September 2020, he was appointed chief editor of the Journal of the American Chemical Society. Carreira is the first Hispanic American scientist to hold the position.

Carreira letters The appointment reignited debate over a 1996 letter in which Carreira highlighted his expectations for long working hours in his research group, which were viewed as inappropriately demanding and demeaning by other professors. Carreira began his appointment in January 2021, succeeding Peter Stang.

Research Research in Carreira's group focuses on total synthesis, particularly asymmetric (that is, enantioselective) synthesis of complex natural products. The group also works on applications of these methods to development of catalysts and to medicinal chemistry. Fresenius Award, Phi Lambda Upsilon, 1996 American Chemical Society Award in Pure Chemistry, 1997 Thieme-IUPAC Prize, 2002 Ryoji Noyori Prize, 2021

Personal life He has always enjoyed animals and owns 15 birds.