Enrique De la Cruz

Enrique M. De La Cruz is a Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University. After receiving his Ph.D. from Thomas Pollard’s lab at Johns Hopkins University, Dr. De La Cruz went on to a post-doc with Dr. H. Lee Sweeney and E. Michael Ostap at the University of Pennsylvania before starting as faculty at Yale. Dr. De La Cruz studies the biochemical and biophysical properties of the actin cytoskeleton and molecular motor proteins, including myosins and RNA helicases, for which he has received a number of honors and awards. A first-generation Cuban-American, Dr. De La Cruz is also involved in numerous outreach activities to promote underrepresented minorities in the sciences.