Congratulations to Saharman Gea (aka Man) who after many years of hard work defended his PhD thesis entitled "Innovative Bio-Nanocomposites based on Bacterial Cellulose" supervised by Ton Peijs (and many others). Man's thesis was based on seven journal papers, six of them published or accepted prior to submitting his thesis. Man is planning to return to his homeland Indonesia to join his lovely wife Meutia and kids and take up a lecturer position at the University of Sumatra Utara in Medan