[2] Based on this research, she co-authored Ultrastructural characterization of the nasal respiratory epithelium in the rat in the American Journal of Anatomy in 1984.
[4] Following her fellowship, Monteiro-Riviere became an assistant professor of anatomy and toxicology at North Carolina State University (NCSU).
[6][5] As she began to focus on nanotoxicology, Monteiro-Riviere received funding from the National Academies Keck Futures Initiative to study how nanomaterials cross membranes to allow for their interaction with cells.
[9] As a result of her overall research and academic success, Monteiro-Riviere was inducted into Purdue University's inaugural Distinguished Women Scholars.
[10] In 2012, Monteiro-Riviere and her husband joined the faculty at the Kansas State University as the Regents Distinguished Research Scholar in the department of anatomy and physiology.