Nirvana is a Senior Associate Environmental Scientist at SMEC. Before joining SMEC, Nirvana was a freshwater ecologist at several specialist consultancies.  At SMEC, Nirvana has worked on a range of infrastructure projects, including road, rail and water projects, assessing environmental constraints and impacts, and obtaining approvals. Nirvana studied in Canberra, before working for the NSW government – first in Sydney and then in Armidale.  She’s been in Brisbane since 2004 and spends her spare time attempting not to work.