Emily J. Parker FRSNZ is a New Zealand bio-organic chemist and academic.

[1] She completed her PhD at the University of Cambridge in 1996[2] and stayed on there as a research fellow.

[2][3] Parker received the NZ Institute of Chemistry's Easterfield Award in 2005[4] and the New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Award for Research Excellence in 2008.

[5] In 2010 she received the Award for Sustained Excellence in Tertiary Teaching from Ako Aotearoa.

[6] In 2018 Parker was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.