Kristin Riching received her PhD from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where she studied the structural and mechanical properties of collagen fibers and their effects on breast cancer cell migration in invasive ductal carcinoma. She then worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Promega studying ligand-induced protein interactions within the ErbB signaling network and their roles in cancer progression. She has been at Promega for four years and is currently a Senior Scientist developing approaches to monitor functional mechanisms of proteasome-mediated protein degradation.