She studies the thermal, rheologic and chemical changes that occur as a result of plate-tectonic processes and is particularly interested in understanding rocks that have been subjected to ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) conditions, the role of partial melting on the rheology of the rigid upper part of Earth, the driving forces behind rapid rates of exhumation of the deep crust, and the interactions of deformation and metamorphism. She is on sabbatical in Perth through July 2016, splitting time at Curtin University and The University of Western Australia.