Ireland’s real-life ‘Batwoman’ Dr Emma Teeling    , has spent her career studying bats, creatures she finds ‘fascinating’ for many reasons including flight and echo-location. Highly articulate, fast-talking and hugely enthusiastic, Emma – — Director of the Centre for Irish Bat Research and a highly regarded UCD researcher — is like a walking advertisement for a career in science. A few minutes talking to her, and it’s clear, she just loves her work.

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