Emer Keaveney - ORCA Ireland

Emer Keaveney is a marine mammal ecologist, ocean educator, co- founder and Executive Director of Ocean Research and Conservation Association Ireland or for short ORCA Ireland.

 ORCA Ireland “for-impact” non-profit organisation that is dedicated to monitoring and minimising disturbance to marine wildlife through innovation and awareness.  Emer is the first marine biologist in Ireland & the UK to pioneer the use of automated solutions for marine wildlife survey and data analytics  using AI for machine learning in partnership with Huawei Ireland and Rainforest Connection. 

With multidisciplinary experience in and across a range of megafauna research, Emer is a leader in her field of STEM Sciences. Her research interests include applied ecology, remote sensing, telemetry and bioacoustics, along with cognitive behaviour, population genetics and physiology.

Emer’s passion for marine life is absolutely infectious and by the end of the podcast she had myself and Laura completely enamoured with the ocean and conserving it.