Eric splits his time between the interdisciplinary research center IceLab and the Department of Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics at Umeå University. He is captivated by the diverse spectrum of complex life and looks to explain its emergence and evolution. He likes gardening though it would be hard to tell based on his plants. He embraces many random interests depending on his surroundings—currently they include falling in embarrassing ways while cross country skiing and trying to tame his kefir culture.