He studied at the University of York, graduating with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in 1993.
[1] His doctoral thesis was titled "Lattice-gas automata models of self-assembling amphiphilic systems".
[2] Emerton earned experience of Christian ministry as a youth pastor at St Saviours Church, Guildford between 1998 and 2002.
[1] He studied for a Bachelor of Theology (BTh) degree at Downing College, Cambridge, graduating in 2005.
[1][4][5][6][7] That service being postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, he was instead licensed as "Bishop of Sherwood (designate)" on 1 July.