Her research focuses on finding and studying explosive transient sources using low frequency radio telescopes, including LOFAR (the LOw Frequency ARray, Netherlands) and the MWA (Murchison Widefield Array, Australia). She plays a major role in the development of automated transient detection pipelines and is leading the development of a rapid response observational mode for LOFAR. In addition to searching for unexpected sources, she studies the electromagnetic counterparts of neutron star binary mergers and in the radio follow-up of gravitational wave detections. She teaches the Honours Bachelors course "Modern Astronomy" and co-ordinates the Masters course "Open Problems in Modern Astrophysics".