In 2006 Lombrozo joined
University of California, Berkeley as an assistant professor. She was made the Class of 1944 Chair in the Department of Psychology in 2017. Lombrozo was made the Arthur W. Marks Professor of Psychology at
Princeton University in 2019. Her research looks to understand cognition. She is particularly interested in explanation and understanding, as well as folk epistemology. She was a frequent contributor to
NPR, where she wrote on psychology and cognitive science. She is a contributor to
Psychology Today. She has worked with the
Association for Psychological Science (APS) to better engage the public in psychological research. == Awards and honors ==