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 by training with two decades experience across academia and industry, Michelle leadsvtechnical content, insights and strategy.

PROJECT DELIVERY SPECIALIST

With extensive global experience across event management, stakeholder management and

 entrepreneurship Kerry 

leads projects and relationships with our major partners. 

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..

Melanie Wright

MARKETING AND ENGAGEMENT MANAGER

Mel leads marketing and engagement across Nanogirl Labs' businesses worldwide. With degrees in both psychology and marketing Mel is an expert in creating meaningful and impactful interactions.

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.

Steph Field

Social Media Manager

With extensive experience in digital marketing and communications for North America as well as Asia Pacific, Steph leads Nanogirl's Lab social media strategy and execution.

Matt Billington

Digital Operations

Matt's experience in digital strategy and operations for both education start-ups and social impact organisations make him the perfect fit for Nanogirl Lab's digital communication team.

Hayden Weal

Senior Content Editor

Hayden is a talented filmmaker. In addition to leading Nanogirl Lab's editing team Hayden also visits primary school children, talking about the importance of reading and literacy to achieve their dreams. 

Hannah Duder

Donation Lead

With qualifications in accounting and law, and experience running two social enterprises in New Zealand, Hannah runs our Buy One, Give One and gifting program and loves giving back and helping communities thrive.