Headshot of Nicole with her hair up, wearing a blue plaid blazer and a white collared shirt.

She/Her

I’m interested in using synthetic biology to make practical and programmable materials. My current work studies the environmental factors that affect self assembly of bottom-up de novo engineered living materials (BUD-ELMs).

Favorite scientists: Paula Hammond, Ronald E McNair, and Waayl Ahmad Salih

Education: Ph.D student in Bioengineering. B.S. in Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

nh63 at rice dot edu