She is interested in the social and economic impacts of natural hazards; and the sustainable use of Earth's mineral and energy resources.
Professor Edmonds is the Vice President and Ron Oxburgh Fellow in Earth Sciences at Queens' College, Cambridge.
Her thesis was entitled 'Sulfur and chlorine emissions from the Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat' and she graduated with the PhD degree in 2002.
She is now a Fellow of Queens' College (since 2007) and a Professor at the University of Cambridge, where she teaches igneous petrology, geochemistry, and volcanology.
She has held a number of leadership roles within the Natural Environment Research Council of the UK and the Geological Society of London.