Chiara Ciccarelli's research focuses on studying spin-dynamics in magnetically ordered materials, from ferromagnets to anti-ferromagnets to chiral magnets. She is interested in studying spin-charge interconversion for the purpose of electrically reading and writing the spin state and the ultimate speed with which this can be achieved. Her past research mainly focused on microwave studies. Since 2016 she has setup a time-resolved THz spectroscopy lab at the Maxwell Centre, which allows studying faster spin dynamics in the picoseconds timescale.