Eric Block

As a boy
in Forest Hills, N.Y., Eric Block set up a basement laboratory where he
performed experiments that produced “awful smells and big flashes.”
Today, his lab at UAlbany is quieter and less combustible – but still
aromatic – as he researches compounds of the elements sulfur and
selenium, both contained in garlic, onions and other genus Allium
plants, which have applications in nanotechnology and drug research.