His research focus is on empirical corporate finance, energy finance, and entrepreneurial finance. His work explores the interconnection between energy, financial frictions, and the real economy. He has received research support from the Kauffman Foundation Dissertation Fellowship and the Kauffman Foundation Junior Faculty Fellowship in Entrepreneurship Research. He has published or forthcoming papers in the Journal of Finance, and the Review of Financial Studies. Prior to academia Erik worked at ExxonMobil and Citigroup, and co-founded Oseberg, Inc., an Energy Tech/Big Data start-up. Erik pursued his PhD studies at Boston College and has an undergraduate degree in engineering from Cornell University.