Nichole Lareau is from Manchester, NJ, just west of the shore. She received her B.S. in Chemistry from The College of New Jersey in Spring of 2011. Nichole was a member of Vanderbilt University's Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program and worked with the McLean lab in 2010. She previously conducted analytical chemistry research concentrated on trace explosive detection at the Transportation Security Laboratory in Atlantic City, NJ and also researched organic synthesis at The College of New Jersey under the direction of Dr. Lynn Bradley. Nichole joined the McLean group in the winter of 2011.

• Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology Fellowship (Fall 2011), Vanderbilt University
• Hercules Fellowship, (Fall 2011), Vanderbilt University
• NSF-REU Travel Chemistry Leadership Award Recipient, (Fall 2010), National Science Foundation