However, she was discouraged from pursuing a career in science in her teens because of the perception that research would be isolating and unwelcoming to women.

[1] She wrote an honours thesis called Boron in the small magellanic cloud: a novel test of light element formation.

[1] She specialises in large-scale simulations of galaxy formation starting approximately one million years after the Big Bang.

Brooks collaborates with high energy particle physicists who are interested in applying her findings to help tune dark matter astrophysical models.

[1] Her simulations use higher spatial resolution than previous efforts, allowing her to include dynamics of dwarf galaxies in addition to large structures.