Since 2006 she has been an associate professor at La Sapienza University of Rome. Her research focuses on the study of drug resistance mechanisms and the characterisation of the main virulence factors of Candida spp and other yeasts such as Malassezia spp. She also studies the in vitro and in vivo antifungal activity of new molecules of synthetic and/or natural origin, both isolated and incorporated into nanoparticles or films.