About Us
Dream Bigger, Achieve More
"We're on a mission to ensure that everyone, everywhere has the chance to enjoy a meaningful relationship with STEM"
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Nanogirl Labs was created by founders Joe Davis and Dr Michelle Dickinson MNZM. A social enterprise, Nanogirl Labs exists to inspire, educate and empower through STEM.
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Based in Auckland, New Zealand, our team works around the world to design, create and deliver products and experiences that are both commercially successful and deeply impactful.
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Whether with our own brands - Nanogirl, and The Kitchen Science Cookbook - or through collaborations with partners, every piece of work we undertake includes a clear social impact strategy, alongside the core commercial proposition. ​
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We welcome bold ideas and deep thought. If you have a project or concept you would like to discuss, we would love to hear from you.
Joe Davis
FOUNDER, CEO
Joe leads the Nanogirl Labs team worldwide, and many of our key consulting projects. Joe has extensive experience across both commerical and non-profit leadership, innovation, strategy and transformation.
Dr. Michelle Dickinson
FOUNDER, CTO
The original "Nanogirl", Michelle is a world-renowned educator and communicator. An engineer specialising in nanomechanical engineering, Michelle leads the science and engineering content development across our work.
Mari Pipe
KEY ACCOUNTS & FINANCE
With extensive experience across the banking and non-profit sectors, Mari leads projects and relationships with our major partners, as well as managing Nanogirl Labs' financial systems.
Dr. Kate Sparks
OPERATIONS & STEM ENGAGEMENT
A marine biologist, passionate educator, and experienced science communicator, Kate develops much of the STEM content across our products and programmes..
Janet Van
CREATIVE OPERATIONS ENGINEER
Janet leads Operations across Nanogirl Labs' businesses worldwide. An engineer by training, Janet leads major projects and manages the development of new products and systems.
Gareth Baston
GLOBAL PRODUCTION & PROGRAMMING MANAGER
Gareth manages our Nanogirl Live! theatre education programmes worldwide, and leads production management & health and safety across the company.
Jamie Blackburn
LIVE EVENT PRODUCTION
Jamie joins us through Burning Black Productions, our key partner for production management services. Jamie and his team support our live events around the world, ensuring the highest standards of production delivery.
Khalid Parkar
LIVE EVENT PRODUCTION
Khalid joins us through Burning Black Productions, our key partner for production management services. Khalid and his team support our live events around the world, ensuring the highest standards of production delivery.
