Nicole A. Quist is a Senior Data Scientist at beatBread, a position held since October 2022. Prior to this role, Nicole served as a Graduate Student Researcher at Oregon State University from October 2014 to December 2021 and worked as a Physics Teaching Assistant in the Oregon State University Physics Department during the same period. Additionally, a brief internship experience includes a role as SPS SOCK Intern with the American Institute of Physics in 2013, alongside earlier internships at FindLaw in 2008 as a Tech Intern and NVIDIA in 2007 as an HR Intern. Nicole holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and a Master’s degree in Physics from Oregon State University, completed between 2013 and 2021, and an undergraduate degree from Brigham Young University obtained in 2013.