Dr Emily Chapman has over 15 years of research and operational experience with Defence, including as a Reserve Air Force Operations Officer with deployments to the Philippines and Fiji for disaster relief operations. Emily completed her PhD on civil-military interaction during Australian responses to overseas natural hazards. She continues to be active in her research community, focusing on civil-military interaction and interagency coordination in disaster response settings.

Emily’s current posting is to Headquarters Joint Operations Command J8 Branch as an analyst in support of evaluation. Her previous experience is in the lessons community as a civilian Operations Analyst embedded within the Adaptive Warfare Branch, Headquarters 1st Division. In this role, Emily deployed with Lessons Flyaway Teams to the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and the Commonwealth Games.