Nicholas Plugis Ph.D

Nicholas Plugis Ph.D General Information

Biography

Dr. Nicholas Plugis serves as Senior Principal at Flagship Pioneering. He is a Co-Founder of Cellarity. He served as Chief Innovation Officer at Cellarity. He co-founded and served as the Founding Team Executive of Laronde. He serves as an Advisor at Ampersand Biomedicines. At Flagship, he conducts explorations to discover unexplored biological mechanisms and new biotechnologies. As part of a venture team of entrepreneurial scientists, he develops the science, intellectual property, and business strategy that form the foundation of breakthrough startups. Before joining Flagship Pioneering, He earned his Ph.D. in chemistry at Stanford University in the laboratory of Professor Chaitan Khosla, where he developed novel chemical tools and animal models to investigate the molecular mechanisms underlying celiac disease. During his graduate studies, he completed the Stanford Ignite Program at the Graduate School of Business; he and his team developed the commercialization strategy for a Stanford-based medical diagnostic startup. He also served as vice president of SCIMALS, a non-profit organization that provides scientific and market due diligence to early-stage life science investors and aspiring entrepreneurs. He received his B.A. in both chemistry and economics from Middlebury College, conducting research with Professor Jim Larrabee on the reaction mechanisms of metal-containing enzymes utilizing inorganic electron microscopy. He received his B.A. in both chemistry and economics from Middlebury College.