August 26, 2020 | Tyler Nicholas For this DEOHS alum, a PhD in toxicology brought a public health lens and lifelong friends Photo: Courtesy of Nicholas. I'm working for Exponent, a leading scientific and engineering consulting firm, in their Health Sciences practice. I am mostly focusing on the biocompatibility of medical devices, but I really like the diversity of different projects that I'm working on. It's a reminder of how toxicology can be applied in so many different ways.