Emily obtained her BSc in Molecular Cell Biology from the University of York in 2018 and her MSc by Research in Biochemistry from the University of Oxford in 2020. Emily joined the Naglik laboratory in September 2020 working as a laboratory technician, as well as working on research projects within the laboratory, focusing on assessing the immune responses to several candida species using various molecular biological techniques. She began her PhD with Dr Jonathan Richardson in 2022.