Prior to coming to Rocky, Emily worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Michigan State University in the Geocognition Research Lab. She completed her PhD at University of Montana in 2007 and her MS at Washington State University in 2002. During her graduate work, Emily focused on characterizing mesoscale brittle structures within deformed carbonates and interpreting the development of those structures with time. Emily continues to pursue this area of study as part of research projects she does with her students.