Nicole (Hart) Wagoner holds a B.S. in Geological Sciences (Michigan State University) and an M.S. in Geological Sciences (University of Texas at Austin). She has several years of multidisciplinary technical experience in geologic research and applied geology in the energy industry from working at Devon Energy, ConocoPhillips, and Premier Oilfield Group. Nicole is currently a Ph.D. Candidate (University of Nevada, Reno) working at the Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy and on the INnovative Geothermal Exploration through Novel Investigations Of Undiscovered Systems (INGENIOUS) DOE project.