lol sorry for the crappy pic...
What needs to be worked upon? I put a screenshot up when i was lv 60ish... and here is one now.

Finish the Antimatter Streams, Q-Phase Plating and Singularity Control (and the following relay). That'll keep you busy for a little bit, then finish your Gravshell Construction.

In the future, don't bounce around the research tree like that. Stick with one thing until you finish the tier. Then start something else. And I recommend when upgrading your ship modules, only go from tier-max to tier-max. It will save you credits and minerals.

It looks like you need to work on putting some of that tech on your ship.
I would say go AI Logistics or Gravshell Construction till you can get some more room on your ship.

Planetary building have become extremely expensive for me at 50 mill a building adds up quick... in the last 10 planets i had to asked for assistance. (well i didnt need to it was a better option then waiting for a few weeks)

Try 600M + 10Ai per (+12's)... can only upgrade one planet per day... Stick with +8's for a little while.

is it just me, or is her research really really high

for that level it is really high but she probably has the 2 mission planet that give most of that, dunno what her minerals and artifacts are at ?

2 mission planets? which are these?

lol if you looked at the first screenshot i took earlier in the game you would see that i have a dyson and exotic planet... along with my other planets have been upgraded with the use of me cc. to ansewer your question why my research is so high is due to me using my cc a doing nothing but slow ranking.

that explains SO much of what I was going to ask, hope they don't get taken from you. also, why do you have so little cash?

I just upgraded all my planets... so i dont have a lot of credites why?

because it costs money to buy new buildings.... AND.... getting rid of the old buildings does not give you back half the cost (as opposed to getting rid of a researched module on your ship)

Order of importance of Research (in my oppinion)

Energy
Buildings
Hull
Weapons
Defense*
Scanning
Cloak

Defense IS important, but ONLY until you finish about 1/2 the tree then I didn't bother to finish it until I only had Base Researches left otherwise.

If your having expense problems. i recommend sacrificing some of your research gainers for minerals. no doubt your missing out on thousands of RP because its to high after you long on in the morning. get minerals instead to keep up with the rate of your tech increase. You really should spread you planetary income rather then completely focusing on one area.

In your place, i would lower the research to about 2500. putting as much as i can into minerals.
Whats your mineral and artifact output?

No doubt after the change nothing will be wasted and you will be surprised by how much more easier it all becomes.

At the rate your going your going to be heavily hit by the upkeep increase soon (way more then most people would be)

Your energy is very low for your level, so I'd suggest working on that. I know you're slow leveling, but when a weekly mission comes out that's worth doing like this week's, it's good not to pass it by.