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 Travel Award

   UIUC.
4. 2019
   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)