In 1974, Gierasch began teaching at Amherst College, where she worked as an assistant professor in chemistry. She worked under Jean-Marie Lehn at Université Louis Pasteur de Strasbourg between 1977 and 1978. In 1979 she went to University of Delaware for a position as an assistant professor, and was promoted to a professor in chemistry in 1985. In 1988 she moved to the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, where she worked as a professor in pharmacology and served as the Robert A. Welch Professor of Biochemistry.Curriculum vitae—Lila M. Gierasch. Gierasch Lab, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Accessed 26 August 2014. In 1994, Gierasch returned to Massachusetts to become a professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.Biophysicist in Profile: Lila Gierasch. Biophysical Society Newsletter, January/February 2003. Accessed 26 August 2014. She is currently a Distinguished Professor within the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
