Congratulations to Jodie Tokihiro who defended her Ph.D. work "Advances in Open Microfluidics from Fundamental Flow Dynamics to Environmental and Translational Science Applications” on October 8, 2025. Jodie was a student in Professor Ashleigh B. Theberge’s research group. She studied fundamental open capillary microfluidics to expand the microfluidics toolbox for researchers across many disciplines. Jodie’s work also focused on the application of these technologies for andrological and fertility studies in collaboration with Dr. Tristan M. Nicholson's group at the UW Medicine Male Fertility Laboratory. She has accepted an assistant professor position with the University of Hawai'i at Hilo, she will focus on developing open microfluidic technologies for environmental sampling with a special focus on Hawaii.