Meet The Team

Nicholas Coltman

PhD

Nicholas Coltman completed his PhD in vitro pre-clinical toxicological research through a BBSRC iCASE Scholarship at the University of Birmingham. Nicholas has extensive industrial experience, having previously worked as a scientist for both Harlan Laboratories and Sygnature Discovery. Now at ApconiX, Nicholas is the Deputy Head of Safety Science and provides support across multiple industries — for both discovery and regulatory toxicology. Nicholas enjoys translating toxicological mechanisms and DMPK into human-relevant results for risk assessment — particularly for genotoxicity, hepatotoxicity, and DART. He leads a multidisciplinary team of safety scientists and developing toxicologists and has a strong track record in mechanistic safety assessment, scientific risk evaluation and client-focused consultancy.