Nick Holloway Is Trying His Best.
Researcher. Professor. Molecular Biologist. Sarcastic Email Expert. Maker of Cardboard Boats. Trying hard to make sense of academia and the universe.
- 14+
- Years in molecular biology labs
- 3.2k
- Student emails survived (and archived)
- 27
- Published papers & essays
- 1
- Cardboard boat that actually floated
A researcher who accidentally became a writer, and then kept going anyway.
Hi there, I am Nick, and I am trying my best here. I am a researcher, a professor, a writer, a singer, a baker, most of the time a sarcastic voice in email form, a maker of cardboard boats, a movie and book lover, and probably some other things that I cannot remember right now.
Ten plus years inside higher education taught me two useful skills: how to design a clean experiment, and how to write an insult so precise that it reads like a compliment until the third sentence. I write public opinion pieces, scientific papers, and comedic essays with roughly the same amount of caffeine. I hope you like all of these things that I do, and I hope you may want to send me five dollars as a thank you for making you laugh.
Currently based Somewhere near a lab bench, United States.
Three things I do well, and one boat I do not.
Consulting work that sits somewhere between a peer reviewed manuscript and a very confident group chat. Rigorous where it counts, funnier than it needs to be.
Endocrinology & Molecular Research
High level consulting, scientific review, and technical research analysis for biology initiatives.
Writing & Satire Consulting
Writing review and consulting, especially if you need to add some stank or sophisticated wit to an argument.
Pop Culture & Media Enthusiasm
Deep dive commentary on film, books, and media for podcasts, panels, or creative projects.
The Peer Review You Actually Want.
Bring me a dataset, a draft, or a deeply held opinion about a film nobody else remembers. I will read it carefully, argue with it respectfully, and hand it back sharper than it arrived.
Research, essays, and the emails I could not delete.
Three categories, one obsessive habit of writing everything down. Click any card for the full view, then use the arrow keys like a person who values their time.
Need A Research Consultant Or Want To Send $5 As A Thank You?
Both are valid. One funds better coffee, the other funds better science. Send a note and I will reply with more words than strictly necessary.
Production Intake Portal.
For research consulting, writing review, podcast invitations, or a five dollar note with an insult attached. All arrive in the same inbox, which is already famous.
Response time: faster than peer review, slower than a group chat.