Nicole Carnt is an Associate Professor and Deputy Director of Research at the School of Optometry and Vision Science, UNSW, Sydney. She leads a program of research into behavioural and host immune susceptibility to eye infections at UNSW and Westmead Institute for Medical Research. She has honorary appointments at the University of Sydney and University College London. She is the inaugural Chair of the Australian Standards Contact Lens Committee and has served as an International Standards Organization Expert since 2019. She is the Topical Editor of four leading Optometry journals, an elected Council Member of the International Society of Contact Lens Researchers, and a British Contact Lens Association Global Champion. She convenes a UNSW Optometry Clinical Masters course (80 students) and is the Alumni Event Co-Coordinator.