[citation needed] The centre of interest of Noheda is linking the atomic structure of functional oxides.
For example, her group has used X-ray diffraction and high-resolution electron microscopy to reveal the existence of a rhombohedral ferroelectric phase in hafnia.
[3] She conducted part of this research while being an assistant physicist at the Brookhaven National Laboratory and now as a full professor at the University of Groningen.
In 2020, Noheda received the IEEE Robert E. Newnham Ferroelectrics Award for "her outstanding contributions to the understanding of the giant piezoelectricity in lead zirconate titanate and ferroelectric relaxors, based on her discovery of their low symmetry phases".
In 2003 Noheda was one of the three recipients of a Rosalind Franklin Fellowship[5] She is featured as one of the "100 Inspirational profiles" of Lynnette Madsen's book Successful Women Ceramic and Glass Scientists and Engineers.