Emer is currently completing an MSc in the Bioscience Research Institute at the Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT). She has graduated with a distinction in BSc. Forensic Toxicology and a first class honours in BSc. (Hons) Toxicology from Athlone Institute of Technology in 2017.

She has always had a keen interest in environmental science, particularly freshwater aquatic environments, and has developed a passion for aquaculture. Emer’s research has included an ecotoxicological evaluation of the use of pUV on the aquaculture therapeutic agent Chloramine-T and an ecotoxicological assessment of the effects of silver nitrate and silver nanoparticles on Daphnia magna.