Dr Nicole DChurch

Dr Nicole Church studied Natural Sciences at Newnham College in the University of Cambridge, specialising in Materials Science and Metallurgy. She was awarded the IOM3 prize, recognising her achievement in her final year research project on titanium alloys. Nicole completed her doctoral studies in 2023 at the same institution under the supervision of Professor Nicholas Jones. Her research developed a new theory governing the behaviour of transforming alloys, providing for the first time a mechanistic understanding of these materials with applications in the aerospace sector. Nicole was then appointed as a post-doctoral research associate, within the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre (UTC), investigating novel alloy systems for high temperature structural applications. In addition, she also studied the relaxation of residual stresses inTi-6Al-4V joined using solid state welding processes.

Nicole was the Beatrice Mary Dale Sciences Research Fellow at Newnham College, hosted within the Rolls-Royce UTC in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy studying the behaviour of Ti-Zr alloys for biomedical applications. Her current research interests focus on understanding the behaviour of materials for both the healthcare and nuclear sectors.

Nicole currently lectures the Fracture and Fatigue course in Materials Science Part II and Mechanical Properties of Materials in Materials Science IB of the Natural Sciences Tripos.