Eric Schultz is an Associate Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Connecticut. He earned a B.S. in Zoology at Duke University, and a Ph.D. in Aquatic and Population Biology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Prior to his appointment at the University of Connecticut, he was a postdoctoral fellow and research faculty member at the Marine Sciences Research Center, State University of New York, Stony Brook.

He and his students have conducted research on the ecology and adaptations of fishes, primarily fishes in coastal habitats. He has worked in coral reef systems, coastal areas of the east and west coasts of North America, and fresh waters of southern New England and the mid-Atlantic states. Active areas of study include adaptive strategies of growth and energy storage of fishes in seasonal environments, and estuarine migrations of larval fishes. Several projects that are just getting underway are focusing on the status of estuarine and anadromous species of concern in Connecticut: tomcod, rainbow smelt, and river herring.

The courses he regularly teaches include Principles of Biology, Biology of Fishes, and Physiological Ecology.