She is a particular fan of planets with large-scale magnetic fields, and specialises in the study of the magnetic environments of the gas giant planets Jupiter and Saturn, as well as the terrestrial planets Earth and Mercury. She holds a Science and Technology Facilities Council Ernest Rutherford Fellowship and is keen to communicate solar system science to as wide an audience as possible. She has taken part in public outreach events as diverse as the Pint of Science pub-based festival, and the Royal Society Summer Exhibition.