• Physical and chemical effects of volcanic ash on vegetation and soil
• Subglacial volcanism: processes, products and hazards
• Volcanic facies as indicators of climate change
• Volcanic pollutant dispersal in the atmosphere

Her work on volcanic pollutant dispersal regularly takes her to one of the world's most actively erupting volcanoes - Sakurajima in Japan. Her work on subglacial volcanism draws on field observations and measurements at volcanoes in Chile and Iceland. She has extensive fieldwork skills, as well as expertise in laboratory based volcanology experiments and analytical geochemistry.