At ANU, she has held the positions of Postdoctoral Fellow, Research School of Earth Sciences (RSES), 1998–2002, APD-Fellow, Dep.
In 2015 she moved back to Switzerland to join the Institute of Geological Sciences at the University of Bern,[1] and she also holds a part-time appointment as senior researcher at the Institute de Sciences de la Terre at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
In her research she combines geochronology with trace element geochemistry and petrology in studying the behaviour of accessory minerals during metamorphism, particularly at high pressure and temperature.
This research has integrated advanced analytical methods (e.g. SHRIMP ion microprobe) with experimental petrology and field studies to investigate rates of metamorphic processes, mountain building and the migration of fluids in the crust.
[2] In 1994 Rubatto was awarded a First-class degree in geological science, and in 1998 an ETH medal for outstanding PhD thesis.