On April 19th, Nick successfully defended his thesis titled, “Development of Microfluidic Droptodes as a New Approach for Ionophore-Based Polyion Sensing”. Following his defense, we celebrated Nick’s great accomplishment with pizza, cake, and many football references!

Nick, an avid football fan, had previously equated getting a PhD to winning the Super Bowl. Bailey Lab members kept this in mind and during the celebratory toast, presented Nick with his own PhD Lombardi trophy! We hope he continues to celebrate this momentous achievement all the way to Boston. Nick starts his new position at Vertex Pharmaceuticals next month and we wish him all the best!