Nicole’s research focusses on numerical methods in the geosciences. As such it sits on the intersection of Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, and Earth Sciences. She studies computational methods and algorithms to find novel solutions to problems of societal relevance. Having grown up at the Baltic Sea coast, she has a particular interest in coastal flooding as well as extreme flood events caused by severe storms, hurricanes, and tsunamis.

Nicole is a Lecturer in Applied Mathematics in the School of Mathematics & Statistics at TU Dublin since September 2020.

She obtained a PhD (2014) in Applied Mathematics from the University of Hamburg for her numerical research on coastal inundation. Preceding the lectureship, she has held three post-doctoral research positions. She worked on the EU-funded project ASTARTE at the University of Hamburg until 2016, where she researchced tsunami simulations. She relocated to Ireland in 2016 to work in UCD on the simulation of coastal flooding and was later, in 2018, awarded an IRC postdoctoral fellowship to work on the numerical simulation of storm surges.

Outside of research, Nicole has a keen interest in talking about and promoting interest in science beyond TU Dublin students. She regularly talks at public events such as Pint of Science, or Bright Club Dublin to promote maths and careers in STEM to students independent of gender and socio-economic background.