[1][3] She investigates nanomaterials using transmission electron microscopy, including two-dimensional materials such as graphene.

[5] She won the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) Prize for Best Overall Performance in Parts I and II.

[4] Whilst an undergraduate, at the UK 2004 Materials Congress, Haigh won the best poster award.

[6] Haigh earned her Doctor of Philosophy degree[2] focussing on the development of exit wave restoration for high resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), working under the supervision of Angus Kirkland.

[5] Within two weeks she had put out a tender for a TEM, and secured one that allowed her to do high sensitivity Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy.

[8] Haigh has used TEM to study graphene-boron nitride heterostructures and found that hydrocarbons group in isolated pockets.

[5] She used focused ion beam TEM to reveal that graphene layers within electronic devices have perfect alignment.