Eric received his PhD in biological science from Université Claude Bernard, France, in 1999 for his work on the ultrastructure of elastic tissues. From 2000 to 2005 he continued this work as postdoctoral fellow at the University of Adelaide. In 2006 he joined the ARC Center of Excellence for Coherent X-ray Science at La Trobe University to develop and implement cutting edge imaging techniques. In 2010 he was recruited at the Bio21 Institute to develop the electron microscopy unit and implement cryo EM and 3D EM in all their flavours. In 2016 he led the design and overseen the overall project of a purpose-built electron microscopy building, the Ian Holmes Imaging Centre a $40M capital investment project that opened its doors in early 2021. His research interests are in the applications of 3D imaging using electrons. He has over 150 research papers in the fields of cell and structural biology.