Grants & Awards

Research Fellowships

1. 2023
   Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (101107036)

   Characterizing ligand-protein interactions with a cryo-EM data-driven modeling approach.
2. 2022
   EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships — Acknowledgment of Excellence

   Characterizing ligand-protein interactions with a cryo-EM data-driven modeling approach.

Supercomputing Grants

1. 2023
   Main PI — EuroHPC Regular Access Grant (EHPC-REG-2023R01103)

   Neurosteroid modulation of neuronal receptors — 24M CPU/GPU core hours.
2. 2022
   Main PI — EuroHPC Regular Access Grant (EHPC-REG-2021R0074)

   Conformational landscape of neuronal receptors — 23M CPU core hours.
3. 2021
   Co-PI — Illinois Blue Waters Supercomputing Grant

   Mechanism of antibiotic resistance in Gram-negative bacteria (~$480K).

Travel & Other Awards

1. 2023
   PRACE Travel Grant

   International HPC Summer School.
2. 2021
   Poster Competition Winner

   Biophysical Society Meeting.
3. 2019
   Biochemistry & Biophysics Travel Award

   UIUC.

In the News

• 2025
  New findings on how stimulant-like compounds modulate receptor activity
  Featured at SciLifeLab news, Sweden
• 2021
  Scientists discover how antibiotics penetrate Gram-negative bacterial cell walls
  Featured at Illinois News Bureau, UIUC
• 2021
  TACC supercomputer delves into protein interactions
  Featured at HPC Wire newsletter
• 2021
  Cell's energy secrets revealed with supercomputers
  Featured at Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC)