In 2003, she joined Louisiana State University as an associate professor in electrical and computer engineering, where she is now Michael B. Voorhies Distinguished Professor. At LSU, she began a new line of research studying vacuum deposition growth techniques to develop hybrid electronic materials based on compound semiconductor electronics. Her group was awarded funding from the Board of Regents of LSU via the National Science Foundation Links with Industry, Research Centers, and National Laboratories programme (LINK), to pursue work in microelectronics in collaboration with University of Texas at Austin. Her research also focuses on the material growth and optoelectronic characterisation of other low-dimensional nanostructures such as carbon nanotubes and transition metal dichalcogenides.