Emma Keller

Dr Emma Keller

Research Fellow

School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences

College of Health

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Emma Keller (nee Jaunay) is an early career researcher at Clinical and Health Sciences, University of South Australia. She completed her PhD in 2022 that investigated protein glycation induced genotoxicity, cell surface receptor expression and the production of inflammatory and oxidative stress biomarkers in lymphoid and endothelial cells and the use of Australian natural products as a preventative therapeutic approach. After gaining analytical chemistry experience during her PhD, Emma joined the Population Health Chemistry Group at UniSA. Her research interests include using wastewater-based epidemiology to monitor chemicals of concern as well as those indicative of population health.

Year Citation
2026 Nadarajan, D., Laimou Geraniou, M., Chappell, A., Baduel, C., Gerber, C., Keller, E. L., & Bade, R. (2026). Wastewater analysis as a global toxicovigilance tool for the monitoring of new psychoactive substances. Water Research, 289(124847), 1-11.
DOI
2026 Keller, E. L., Peake, B., Simpson, B. S., Longo, M., White, J. M., & Gerber, C. (2026). Traces of Use: Uncovering Drug Use Insights From Paraphernalia Analysis.. Drug and alcohol review, 45(1), e70105.
DOI Europe PMC1
2026 Wang, Z., Zheng, Q., Thai, P. K., Gartner, C., O'Brien, J. W., Bade, R., . . . Tscharke, B. (2026). National Wastewater Surveillance of Illicit Tobacco and Vaping Use Trends in Australia.. JAMA Netw Open, 9(2), e2557319.
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2025 Verhagen, R., Gerber, C., Thai, P., Bade, R., O'Brien, J., Keller, E. L., . . . Tscharke, B. J. (2025). Cannabis consumption in Australia 2018–2025: Socio-economic and regional trends from wastewater and survey data. Addiction, 9 pages.
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2025 Keller, E. L., Peake, B., Simpson, B. S., White, J. M., & Gerber, C. (2025). National Wastewater-Based Surveillance of Nitazenes and Xylazine in Australia: Emerging Trends. ACS ES&T WATER, 6(1), 6 pages.
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2025 Keller, E. L., Peake, B., Simpson, B. S., White, J. M., & Gerber, C. (2025). Comprehensive method to detect nitazene analogues and xylazine in wastewater. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, online(57), 1-8.
DOI Scopus7 Europe PMC4
2025 Keller, E. L., Peake, B., Simpson, B. S., Longo, M., Trobbiani, S., White, J. M., & Gerber, C. (2025). Searching for a needle in a haystack: chemical analysis reveals nitazenes found in drug paraphernalia residues. Drug and Alcohol Review, 45(1), 1-6.
DOI Scopus3 WoS4 Europe PMC2
2024 Verhagen, R., Gerber, C., Thai, P. K., Connor, J., Loveday, B., Bade, R., . . . Tscharke, B. J. (2024). Wastewater-based evaluation of the efficacy of oxycodone regulations in Australia. Addiction, 119(12), 2153-2161.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC1
2024 Price, M., Simpson, B. S., Tscharke, B. J., Ahmed, F., Keller, E. L., Sussex, H., . . . Trowsdale, S. (2024). Reporting population size in wastewater-based epidemiology: a scoping review. Science of the Total Environment, 953(176076), 1-12.
DOI Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC3
2024 Jaunay, E. L., Bade, R., Paxton, K. R., Nadarajan, D., Barry, D. C., Zhai, Y., . . . Gerber, C. (2024). Monitoring the use of novel psychoactive substances in Australia by wastewater-based epidemiology. Science of the Total Environment, 919(170473), 7 pages.
DOI Scopus19 WoS15 Europe PMC14
2024 Bade, R., van Herwerden, D., Rousis, N., Adhikari, S., Jaunay, E., & Mueller, J. (2024). Workflow to facilitate the detection of new psychoactive substances and drugs of abuse in influent urban wastewater. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 469(133955), 1-11.
DOI Scopus17 WoS13 Europe PMC7
2024 Jaunay, E. L., Simpson, B. S., White, J. M., & Gerber, C. (2024). Amphetamine-type drug-related fatalities in the context of 8 years of methamphetamine use measured by wastewater analysis in South Australia. Drug Testing and Analysis, 16(10), 1137-1143.
DOI WoS1
2024 Tscharke, B., Livingston, M., O'Brien, J. W., Bade, R., Thomas, K. V., Mueller, J. F., . . . Thai, P. K. (2024). Seven-years of alcohol consumption in Australia by wastewater analysis: exploring patterns by remoteness and socioeconomic factors. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 259(111317), 1-5.
DOI Scopus9 WoS11 Europe PMC7
2023 Wong, H. Y., Jaunay, E. L., Lau, W. C. D., Peake, B., Ram, R., Southgate, P. C., & Deo, P. (2023). Holothuria scabra Jaegar 1833 (Sandfish) extracts and collagens modulate protein-bound Nε-epsilon-carboxymethyllysine, Nε-epsilon-carboxyethyllysine and methylglyoxal-derived hydroimidazolone-1 levels. International Journal Of Food Science And Technology, 58(4), 1962-1969.
DOI Scopus1
2023 Jaunay, E. L., Simpson, B. S., White, J. M., & Gerber, C. (2023). Using wastewater-based epidemiology to evaluate the relative scale of use of opioids. Science of the Total Environment, 897(165148), 1-7.
DOI Scopus7 WoS7 Europe PMC5
2023 Bade, R., Rousis, N., Adhikari, S., Baduel, C., Gerber, C., Jaunay, E., . . . Mueller, J. F. (2023). Three years of wastewater surveillance for new psychoactive substances from 16 countries. Water Research X, 19(100179), 1-10.
DOI Scopus43 WoS39 Europe PMC24
2022 Simpson, B. S., Jaunay, E. L., Ghetia, M., Nguyen, L., Bade, R., White, J. M., & Gerber, C. (2022). Methcathinone in wastewater: drug of choice, or artefact?. Science of the Total Environment, 836, 1-5.
DOI Scopus15 WoS12 Europe PMC11
2022 Othman, A. A., Simpson, B. S., Jaunay, E. L., White, J. M., Bade, R., & Gerber, C. (2022). A method for improved detection of 8-isoprostaglandin F2α/β and benzodiazepines in wastewater. Science of the Total Environment, 851(158061), 1-10.
DOI Scopus5 WoS3
2021 Jaunay, E. L., Dhillon, V. S., Semple, S. J., Simpson, B. S., Ghetia, M., Deo, P., & Fenech, M. (2021). Genotoxicity of advanced glycation end products in vitro is influenced by their preparation temperature, purification, and cell exposure time. Mutagenesis, 36(6), 445-455.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC1
2020 Deo, P., McCullough, C. L., Almond, T., Jaunay, E. L., Donnellan, L., Dhillon, V. S., & Fenech, M. (2020). Dietary sugars and related endogenous advanced glycation end-products increase chromosomal DNA damage in WIL2-NS cells, measured using cytokinesis-block micronucleus cytome assay. Mutagenesis, 35(2), 1-9.
DOI Scopus18 WoS19 Europe PMC12
2020 Jaunay, E. L., Dhillon, V. S., Semple, S. J., Simpson, B. S., Deo, P., & Fenech, M. (2020). Can a digital slide scanner and viewing technique assist the visual scoring for the cytokinesis-block micronucleus cytome assay?. Mutagenesis, 35(4), 311-317.
DOI Scopus6 WoS6 Europe PMC4
2020 Deo, P., Dhillon, V. S., Lim, W. M., Jaunay, E. L., Donnellan, L., Peake, B., . . . Fenech, M. (2020). Advanced glycation end-products accelerate telomere attrition and increase pro-inflammatory mediators in human WIL2-NS cells. Mutagenesis, 35(3), 291-297.
DOI Scopus19 WoS18 Europe PMC13

Year Citation
2024 Tscharke, B., Bade, R., O'Brien, J., Prasad, P., Barry, D., Elisei, G., . . . Gerber, C. (2024). National wastewater drug monitoring program report 21. Australia: Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.
2024 Tscharke, B., Verhagen, R., Bade, R., O'Brien, J., Prasad, P., Barry, D., . . . Gerber, C. (2024). National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program - report 23. Australia: Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.
2024 Tscharke, B., Verhagen, R., Bade, R., O'Brien, J., Prasad, P., Barry, D., . . . Gerber, C. (2024). National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program: report 22. Australia: Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.
2023 Tscharke, B., Bade, R., O'Brien, J., Prasad, P., Barry, D., Elisei, G., . . . Gerber, C. (2023). National wastewater drug monitoring program - report 18. Australia: Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.
2023 Tscharke, B., O'Brien, J., Bade, R., Prasad, P., Barry, D., Elisei, G., . . . Gerber, C. (2023). National wastewater drug monitoring program Report 20. Australia: Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.
2023 Tscharke, B., O'Brien, J., Bade, R., Prasad, P., Barry, D., Elisei, G., . . . Gerber, C. (2023). National wastewater drug monitoring program - report 19. Australia: Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.
2022 Tscharke, B., Bade, R., O'Brien, J., Reeks, T., Prasad, P., Elisei, G., . . . Gerber, C. (2022). National wastewater drug monitoring program - report 16. Australia: Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.
2022 Tscharke, B., O'Brien, J., Bade, R., Reeks, T., Prasad, P., Elisei, G., . . . White, J. (2022). National wastewater drug monitoring program - report 15. Australia: Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.
2022 Tscharke, B., O'Brien, J., Bade, R., Prasad, P., Barry, D., Elisei, G., . . . Gerber, C. (2022). National wastewater drug monitoring program - report 17. Australia: Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.

Courses I teach

  • CHEM 2027 Advanced Structure Determination and Analysis (2024)

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2025 Co-Supervisor Establishing a cross-country multipronged approach to prepare for the pandemic of antimicrobial resistance (MAPP-AMR) - Doctorate Full Time Mr Girija Roka
2023 Co-Supervisor Detecting chemical biomarkers of human activity using wastewater-based epidemiology Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Lorato Makanye
2023 Co-Supervisor Precise antibody-drug conjugates for the targeted treatment of disease - Doctorate Full Time Manisha Hota

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