Her expertise and research interest in cybersecurity and digital forensics include code fingerprinting, malware analysis, privacy policy enforcement techniques, mobile security and memory & database forensics. She has published and presented her work in conferences such as WiSec, PPREW, CODASPY, and AAFS. Her current projects in applied security focus on developing an instrumentation technique for memory forensics on Android devices and an automated testing robot for Android malware analysis. In cyber education, Dr. Ali-Gombe is engaged in designing a practical active learning curriculum for teaching dynamic malware analysis.