She conducts research within the frameworks of several national and international projects. Among others, she was also involved in the Cassini–Huygens Mission for the application of an inversion procedure to the estimation of Titan surface parameters. Her research interests include biophysical parameter (soil moisture, vegetation, and snow) retrieval using optical and SAR images, optical and SAR data processing, data fusion, and electromagnetic models.,Dr. Notarnicola has been serving as a Conference Chair for the SPIE International Conference on Microwave Remote Sensing since 2006.