Natalia is a geographer and an economist. After studying economics (bachelor to master's), she graduated from another Master's degree and a PhD in Geography at University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. She compleated her thesis at UMR Géographie-cités in 2018. Before joining LISER, Natalia was a research associate at the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at University College London (United Kingdom) between 2018 and 2021.

Natalia's interest relate to cities, system of cities, economic and social geography. Her research topics focus on interactions between and within cities in a multi-scalar approach. At LISER, Natalia is working on social inequalities in the city of Luxembourg within a spatial dimension (Social Observatory of the City of Luxembourg project). 

Natalia authored 9 articles in leading international scientific journals (including Environment and Planning B), participated in international research at conferences and in multidisciplinary projects (EPSRC- funded Urban Dynamic Lab at University College London in collaboration with UK local authorities) and obtained several scholarships from the French Government (Phd and mobility grants for fieldwork).