Along with her career as a national team taijiquan (tai chi) athlete, Tania has been actively developing her research work on martial arts and motor control. For her MA thesis, she conducted a biomechanical analysis of the taijiquan pelvic rotational movement in louxiaobu routine, supervised by the best Traditional National Sports professor of China, Prof. Xu Weijun (BSU). Following her interests, she has started her PhD research program at the University of Birmingham, under the supervision of Dr Martin Lakie and Dr Raymond Reynolds. Focusing on taijiquan and rehabilitation, they are now studying parameters related to balance and postural stabilization, concentrating on intrinsic muscle stiffness.