Nicole Granucci received her B.S. in Physics from UCONN, a M.S. in Science Education from the University of New Haven and M.S. in Applied Physics-Optics at Southern Connecticut State University. She has taught both public and private high school physics and astronomy for over 10 years. She came to Quinnipiac as an Adjunct Professor of Physics in 2015 and became a full time Instructor of Physics in Fall 2019. She has worked on several astronomy research projects through NITARP (NASA/IPAC Teacher Achieve Research Program) where she has taken students to the American Astronomical Society (AAS) Meetings to present posters in astronomy research. She is continuously looking for new ways to engage students in authentic astronomy research and traveling to present their research.
