Noelle joined Maynooth University Department of Law as a Senior Lecturer in Law in November 2014. She previously worked at the Irish Centre for Human Rights, NUI Galway and at the School of Law and Government, DCU. She has Masters degrees in both Irish and Law and a Higher Diploma in Education. She obtained her PhD on the topic of wars of national liberation and self-determination from NUI Galway. She is currently a member of the Royal Irish Academy's Ethical, Political, Legal and Philosophical Studies Committee.
Noelle's main research interests are in the fields of international human rights law, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. She has also undertaken research on the topic of legal education. Her current research focuses in particular on minorities in international law.