Nolven became a post-doctoral fellow at the Institut de Recherches sur la Catalyse in Lyon (France), where she obtained a permanent position as researcher.

 

She has been developing new heterogeneous catalysts formulations for various reactions related to environmental catalysis (automotive catalysis and catalytic combustion, catalytic hydrogen production from hydrocarbons and bio-resources, catalytic water treatment), including structured catalysts like monoliths and membranes.