Dr. 埃里克·普拉塔(Erik Plata)在里奥格兰德河谷(Rio Grande Valley)出生并长大,并在里奥洪多(Rio Hondo)上了小学和初中, TX, 然后在梅塞德斯的南德克萨斯科学院读高中, TX. Dr. Plata received his A.A.S. from Texas State Technical College in Harlingen, TX, B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Texas A&M University – Kingsville, and Ph.D. in Chemistry from Texas A&M University in College Station, TX, under Professor Daniel A. Singleton. 他在拉霍亚的斯克里普斯研究所接受博士后培训, CA, under Professor Donna G. Blackmond. In September of 2018, Dr. 普拉塔回到家乡,在德克萨斯大学里奥格兰德河谷分校开始了他的独立职业生涯. 埃里克说一口流利的西班牙语,是墨西哥移民的曾曾曾孙. Dr. 普拉塔的研究工作主要是利用现代物理有机技术来研究有机化学的机理. His laboratory uses Reaction Progress Kinetic Analysis (RPKA), kinetic isotope effects (KIEs) at natural abundance, and computational chemistry. 他的研究应用扩展到药物的过程化学和理解那些在生物学中具有生化等效的机制.
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
Email:
erik.plata@yuyew.com BLHSB 1.808 A
Phone: (956) 882-5737