In this capacity, he has overseen the creation of the Yale Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning, housed within the Sterling Memorial Library.
[4] Strobel's research focuses on the biophysics and biochemistry of catalytic RNAs, including riboswitches and peptidyl transferase.
[9] He has also collaborated with the Thomas A. Steitz lab at Yale on structural studies toward better understanding the mechanism of ribosomal peptide synthesis.
He has led groups of undergraduate students into the rainforest over spring break to hunt for novel endophytes that live inside plants.
[3] Strobel and his son run a small hobby business crafting remnants of campus trees into various lathed items.