Her scientific contributions are focused on synthetic organic chemistry such as sulfone chemistry, new peptide coupling reagents, asymmetric synthesis of alpha-amino acids, oxime-derived palladacycles as precursor of palladium nanoparticles, asymmetric metallo catalysis and organocatalysis. In the last decade she has been working on the development of efficient metal catalysts for cross-coupling reactions and chiral metal complexes and organocatalysts and for asymmetric synthesis focused on sustainable processes using low catalyst loading, water as reaction medium or solvent-free conditions with the aim of recovering and reusing the catalyst.