Palm-Forster is a Fellow of the USDA-funded Center for Behavioral and Experimental Agri-Environmental Research (CBEAR), a Fellow of the Center for Experimental & Applied Economics (CEAE) at UD, and an affiliated faculty with UD’s Water Science and Policy Program. Her current research analyzes how agri-environmental programs can be designed to cost-effectively improve water quality and other ecosystem services. Palm-Forster has experience conducting economic experiments with both students and agricultural producers.