She received her BA degree from Harvard University, and her PhD in physics from the University of Geneva, working with Prof. Jean-Marc Triscone, followed by post-doctoral research at Cornell University with the group of Prof. Paul McEwan. Her group uses a wide range of atomic force microscopy techniques to study (multi)ferroic oxides, focusing in particular on the fundamental static and dynamic behaviour of domain walls, related to the switching, growth and stability of domain structures. She is also interested in the novel functional properties of these ubiquitous, intrinsically nanoscale interfaces and, more broadly, of oxide interfaces in general. Non-scientifically, she climbs rock and ice, keeps carnivorous plants and herbivorous tortoises, and is somewhat asymptotically working towards a pilot license.