Nicole’s passion for geology, science and literature drove her towards research, volunteering at the Western Australian Museum Research Facility and Honours in Cosmochemistry. Winner of VSSEC NASA Space Prize geology category and finalist for the top planetary science honours in Australia; the only Australian and one of fourteen internationally selected for the 2017 LPI Summer Internship (research internship at NASA’s Johnson Space Centre); Nicole took on her PhD in 2017 in Cosmochemistry and Astrobiology.
Nicole’s passion for change, leadership, growth and educational development have seen her become a Sir Charles Court Young Leaders Program graduate and mentor; John Curtin Leadership Academy graduate; science and music mentor; builder and volunteer teacher in Africa; science communicator and ambassador for The Literature Centre.