Ema graduated from King’s College London, with an integrated master’s degree in Neuroscience.
She specialised in neurodegeneration research using in vitro techniques. Her laboratory experience includes research projects on Alzheimer’s disease proteins’ effects on neuronal excitability and cell signalling as well as neuroinflammation and ER-mitochodrial signalling in motor neuron disease-related dementia. She joined Penman Consulting in August 2020 as a Scientific Regulatory Assistant with an interest in neuro- and eco-toxicology.