She is interested in unraveling correlations between structure and function of plastids and their interconversions under various conditions. These include the effect of abiotic (heavy metal, light, salt and drought) and biotic (e.g., mycorrhization) stress on the structure and function of plastids. She is also interested in the functional characterization and roles of ion channels and transporters in the organization of the thylakoid membranes, in photosynthesis and adaptation to stress; in thylakoid biogenesis; chlorophyll biosynthesis, etiolated plants grown under natural conditions or in the laboratory and their greening, and in plastid-derived natural products used by the food industry and medicine (e.g., carotenoids, condensed tannins, terpenoids, vitamins B1, B2, B3, B9, E and K1).