Her research interest is at the interface between fundamental and clinical virology and is centered on (1) Mechanisms of antiviral resistance and viral evolution and (2) Viral-reservoirs and eradication. She was granted by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) with the VIDI and ASPASIA award. She is a member of the IAS HIV Cure International Scientific Working Group and the scientific advisory board of the Dutch Aids Fonds and associated editor of Retrovirology. She has served on many national and international grant review and PhD review committees. She has published over 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals and has guided numerous students, PhD students and Postdoctoral Fellows.