Paalman's research was foremost in
topology and set theory. She was the PhD advisor of three students, co-advised by Jan van Mill. She published a book (
Topological semigroups - Mathematical Centre Tracts, 1964, Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam) and 11 research papers about W-groups, topological representations of semi-groups and about compact groups. Paalman was also the author of numerous lecture notes for the courses she taught at the Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathematics at the University of Amsterdam. ==Personal==