- Nick obtained a BSc in Pharmacology (Southampton 1997) followed by an MRes in Biochemistry (Exeter 1999). His PhD was in the sensor development for detection of fungal toxins using molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) with Professor Sergey Piletsky (Cranfield 2004). Following his PhD he was awarded a fellowship from a collaboration of East of England Universities (i10), studying polymers for environmental controlled drug release. This was jointly based out of the Judge Institute of Management, University of Cambridge and Cranfield. He then spent a year at the University of Utah working with Professor Vladimir Hlady (Bioengineering), working on the development of novel imprinting methodologies, before returning to Cranfield to work on several different industrial sponsored commercially sensitive biosensor projects. After this he spent two and a half years at the University of Newcastle, Australia with Professor Adam McCluskey exploring gas phase detection of explosives.In 2009 Nick moved to the Open University, UK to take up a full academic appointment as a Lecturer on Analytical Science where he worked on the development of multiple new modules across the faculty, alongside projects such as the Open Science Laboratory and MOOC development. In August 2018 he moved to De Montfort University School of Pharmacy in the role of Senior Lecturer, then Reader in Bioanalytical Chemistry.
In 2022, Nick won a prestigious EPSRC Established Career Fellowship to explore the development of artificial chaperones. He was awarded his personal chair in mid-2022. Nick joined the Department of Chemistry at The University of Sheffield in March 2023.
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