 She returned to University of California Davis as a faculty member in 2005 and was promoted to Full Professor in 2013.Ghetti's research has been supported through grants from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation.She was recipient of a 21st Century Science Initiative Award from the James F. McDonnell Foundation (2010), and a Science of Prospection Scholar Award through the University of Pennsylvania and the John Templeton Foundation (2014).