With a first-class honours degree in Biological Sciences from Murdoch University, Nola has worked within government departments, mining companies and universities in the fields of microbiology, environmental science and plant pathology. She returned to Murdoch to complete a PhD, retraining in the field of molecular plant pathology and biotechnology with a focus on genetic breeding and molecular mapping of disease resistance genes.
She currently works as a Senior Research Assistant in the CCDM’s Barley Net Blotch Program, seeking to understand the plant pathogenic interaction to find novel, durable, genetic resistance in barley, against net-form and spot-form of net blotch.