Emer Jones

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Emer Jones (born 1994) is an Irish student from Tralee, County Kerry. She was the winner of the 44th Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition in 2008 at the age of thirteen, becoming the competition's youngest ever winner at that time. She was also the first winner from County Kerry and won in the year her school first entered the competition.{{cite news|author=Louise Hogan and Conor Bartley|url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/sandbags-study-helps-emer-to-top-prize-at-awards-1264558.html|title=Sandbags study helps Emer to top prize at awards|date=12 January 2008|newspaper=Irish Independent|accessdate=15 January 2010}}

Jones won the Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition at the RDS, Dublin on 11 January 2008.{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0111/scientist.html|title=Kerry student wins Young Scientist of the Year|date=11 January 2008|publisher=RTÉ|accessdate=15 January 2010}}

She went on to represent Ireland at the 20th European Union Contest for Young Scientists in Copenhagen, Denmark in September 2008. She later studied physical natural sciences at Cambridge University.{{cite news| url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0818/1224302640382.html | work=The Irish Times | first=Amy | last=Strange | title=Scientific approach gets Emer 600 points | date=18 August 2011}}