Emily specialises in biotechnology and crop physiology and has seven years’ experience researching abiotic stress resilience in cereals. She gained her PhD from the University of Sheffield, where she worked with Limagrain to generate drought tolerant maize lines using gene-editing. Following this, her postdoctoral project focused on boosting carbon sequestration in rice. Emily is excited to join CHAP as a Technical Research Associate to help drive innovation towards a climate-smart agri-food system.