Erik does note the look, but, at the same time, he knows he needs to put that work into context.

"I have a lot to work with. The Foster theory, a gateway to another dimension?" He gives a small shrug of the shoulders.

"It's unprecedented."

And with unprecedented experimental evidence, should come unprecedented theoretical work. That's how science works. Sometimes there's greater lag between the two, but they always come. Erik was just the right man in the right place at the right time to get the jump. At least, that's how he sees it. He got lucky.