Emmy holds a master degree in hydrology from Utrecht University. As part of her master she did courses at the University Centre in Svalbard to study glaciology and snow dynamics. Her master research focused on combining remote sensing, field observations and a snow model to estimate snow water equivalent and snow melt runoff in the Langtang catchment in Nepal. In her PhD she studies snow dynamics in two high-altitude Himalayan catchments. She focused on improving the understanding of snow processes, in particular sublimation and wind-induced snow transport. Currently she works as a postdoctoral researcher on the EU Water4All project MegaWat, looking into the impacts of megadroughts on the water towers of Europe.