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Sarita V AdveView profile

Professor

• Computer Architecture
• Extended Reality Systems
• Heterogeneous Computing
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Sarita V Adve is the Richard T. Cheng Professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she conducts research spanning hardware, programming languages, operating systems, and applications with a focus on domain-specific systems. Her work bridges theoretical foundations and practical implementations, particularly in extended reality and heterogeneous computing. Her educational background includes a Ph.D. and M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1993, 1989) and a B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (1987). Prior to joining Illinois, she served on the faculty at Rice University from 1993 to 1999. Adve's research centers on generalizable and scalable specialization for domain-specific systems, with current emphasis on extended reality (XR) systems including virtual, augmented, and mixed reality. She chairs the ILLIXR consortium to democratize XR research and developed the first fully open-source XR system (ILLIXR). Her foundational contributions include memory consistency models for C++ and Java programming languages, the Spandex coherence framework for heterogeneous systems, and software-driven approaches for hardware reliability. Her work spans hardware reliability (SWAT and RAMP projects), power management (GRACE system), and instruction-level parallelism. Recent publications reveal a strong focus on energy-efficient XR systems, hardware-software co-design for AI workloads, and resilience analysis. Her team explores rendering offload, visual-inertial odometry optimization, and compositional error injection frameworks, often targeting tradeoffs between energy, latency, and accuracy in mobile and edge environments. Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow of the ACM and IEEE ACM/IEEE-CS Ken Kennedy Award Anita Borg Institute Woman of Vision in Innovation Award ACM SIGARCH Maurice Wilkes Award Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship UIUC University Scholar University of Illinois Campus Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring Adve actively mentors students and has received multiple teaching awards. She co-founded the CARES movement to address discrimination in CS research events and chairs CS@Illinois CARES. Her service includes leadership roles in ACM SIGARCH (2015-2019), DARPA/ISAT study group, ACM Council, and Computing Research Association. She has secured significant funding including DARPA initiatives and Google Faculty Research Awards. She leads the ILLIXR consortium and has established collaborative research programs such as the $8.3M DARPA Joint University Microelectronics Program. Her lab focuses on open-source XR development, heterogeneous system architectures, and reliability-aware designs, with strong industry and government partnerships.

Benjamin Mako HillView profile

Associate Professor

• Peer Production
• Online Communities
• Collective Action
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Benjamin Mako Hill is an Associate Professor in the University of Washington Department of Communication and an Adjunct Associate Professor in Human-Centered Design & Engineering , the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering , and the Information School at UW. He is a Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University and a Fellow at the Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton University during the 2023–2024 academic year. Educational Background : PhD in an interdepartmental program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) , involving the MIT Sloan School of Management and the MIT Media Lab , advised by Eric von Hippel, Yochai Benkler, Tom Malone, and Mitch Resnick. MS in Media Arts and Sciences from MIT. B.A. in Technological and Legal History from Hampshire College . Research Interests span peer production, online communities, collective action, cooperation, learning, and computer-mediated communication. His work explores how communication and information technologies shape social outcomes in collaborative environments like Wikipedia and Linux, focusing on governance, moderation, anonymity, and educational platforms such as Scratch. Article Trends : His publications analyze peer production dynamics, privacy in open collaboration, and computational thinking in youth. Topics include underproduction in open source software, algorithmic fairness, taboo knowledge production, and legitimate peripheral participation in online communities. Methodologies combine big data, quasi-experimental, and comparative analyses. Scientific Awards : Dordick Award for Best Dissertation (2013). CHI '22 Best Paper Honorable Mention (2022). CSCW '18 Best Paper Honorable Mention (2018). CHI '17 Best Paper Honorable Mention (2017). CSCW '13 Best Paper Award (2013). CHI '11 Best Paper Honorable Mention (2011). Advising and Grants : He co-founded the Community Data Science Collective and collaborates with researchers like Aaron Shaw. Grants include multiple National Science Foundation awards for studies on digital knowledge commons, anonymous participation, and collaborative success, as well as a Sloan Foundation grant for modeling underproduction in peer production. Labs and Teams : He leads the Community Data Science Collective , an interdisciplinary research group studying online communities, and contributes to open-source projects like Debian and Ubuntu . He actively edits Wikimedia projects and participates in the Cascadia Wikimedians User Group .

Ardalan Amiri SaniView profile

Associate Professor

• Mobile Systems
• Operating Systems
• Security
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Ardalan Amiri Sani is an Associate Professor in the Computer Science Department at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), affiliated with the Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Sciences. He leads the Trustworthy Systems Lab (TrussLab), focusing on secure and reliable mobile systems, operating systems, and virtualization. His research bridges mobile computing, security, and OS design, addressing challenges in I/O devices, kernel hardening, and verifiable provenance. Education: Ph.D. and M.Sc. from Rice University (ECE), B.Sc. from Sharif University of Technology. Awards include the NSF CAREER Award, Google ASPIRE Award, and UCI Dean's Mid-Career Research Award. He has advised numerous graduate and undergraduate students, many of whom now work in academia and industry. Research highlights include Tabellion (secure legal contracts on mobile devices), ProvCam (verifiable video provenance), and work on minimizing smartphone TCBs via hardware isolation. His grants include NSF funding for OS kernel security and NSA support for provenance systems. Education: Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, 2014 B.Sc., Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology Grants: $500K NSF Award (with UCR) for OS kernel security (2020) NSF SaTC Award for GPU security in browsers Google ASPIRE Award for Android system call filtering Labs/Teams: Trustworthy Systems Lab (TrussLab), collaborating with industry partners like Intel and Broadcom.

• Cybersecurity
• Software Security
• System Security
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Ruoyu (Fish) Wang is an Associate Professor at the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence, Arizona State University (Tempe campus). He also holds affiliations as Associate Director of Impact at the Global Security Initiative, Center for Cybersecurity & Trusted Foundations, and with the Biodesign Center for Biocomputing, Security and Society. His educational background includes: Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of California, Santa Barbara Professor Wang's research focuses on system security, with an emphasis on automated binary program analysis and reverse engineering of software. He is the co-founder and core developer of the angr binary analysis platform, which won third place in the DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge (2018). His work spans vulnerability discovery, fuzzing, and security tool development for binary program analysis. His current research interests include: Binary program analysis and reverse engineering Automated vulnerability discovery and mitigation Fuzzing techniques and robust testing Phishing and fraud detection in e-commerce Security of firmware and embedded systems Application of machine learning to security problems His recent publications (2024-2025) demonstrate cutting-edge research in fraud detection for e-commerce using LLMs, advanced fuzzing methodologies, and binary decompilation techniques. Key trends include bridging theoretical program analysis with practical security tools, as evidenced by extensions to the angr platform, and addressing emerging threats in financial ecosystems and client-side security. Dr. Wang has received notable recognition: Third place in DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge (2018) with team Shellphish As an active educator, he supervises graduate research (CSE 599/799) and teaches core cybersecurity courses including Software Security (CSE 545) and Information Assurance (CSE 365). His teaching spans multiple semesters through 2025, covering practicums, internships, and special topics in computing security. Dr. Wang co-founded the angr binary analysis platform and contributes to Arizona State University's security research ecosystem through leadership roles in the Center for Cybersecurity & Trusted Foundations and Biodesign Center for Biocomputing, Security and Society.

Gene CoopermanView profile

Professor

• High-Performance Computing
• Computer Systems
• Transparent Checkpointing
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Gene Cooperman is a Professor at the Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University, with an affiliation in the College of Engineering. His research focuses on high-performance computing (HPC), transparent checkpoint-restart systems, and model checking. He leads the High Performance Computing Laboratory, where he explores checkpointing technologies like DMTCP, MANA for MPI, and CRAC for CUDA, aiming to enhance HPC workflows on supercomputers such as NERSC's Perlmutter. His work bridges distributed computing, parallel algorithms, and system software to address challenges in fault tolerance, scalability, and resource management. Cooperman has advised 10 PhD students and co-authored over 125 refereed publications, contributing to projects like Geant4-MultiThreaded and Roomy for disk-based computation. His teaching includes courses on computer systems and HPC seminars. Education: Background in computational algebra and parallel computing, transitioning to HPC systems and checkpointing. Research Themes: Transparent checkpointing, MPI agnostic solutions, CUDA integration, and HPC resource optimization. Recent articles emphasize MPI checkpointing, reversible debugging (FReD), and CUDA support, reflecting trends in distributed and GPU-accelerated systems. His grants include NSF, NERSC/DOE, and MemVerge funding. Cooperman collaborates with institutions like CERN and NERSC, advancing applications in particle physics simulations and supercomputing. Current students include Aayushi Gautam, Jiajun Cao, Rohan Garg, and Twinkle Jain.

Aybars TuncdoganView profile

Associate Professor

• Digital Innovation
• Information Security
• Marketing Strategy
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Aybars Tuncdogan is a Reader in Digital Innovation and Information Security at King’s Business School, King’s College London. He holds affiliations with the King’s AI Institute, King’s Cybersecurity Centre (Informatics), and King’s Cybersecurity Group (War Studies). A Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, he also serves on the editorial review board of Industrial Marketing Management . Education : PhD in Management, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University MPhil in Business Research (Distinction), Erasmus University Bachelor’s in Business Management & Computer Science (Honors), Earlham College Research Interests : His work focuses on three pillars of digital innovation: generation (crowdsourcing, AI), marketing (digital brand personality, sales ambidexterity), and protection (information security, corporate espionage). He integrates psychology (individual differences, social identity) and computer science (machine learning/AI) frameworks. Publications Trends : Recent work addresses cybersecurity challenges in retail, AI ethics in healthcare, and interdisciplinary innovation. He frequently publishes in top-tier journals like Journal of Management and Scientific American , blending academic rigor with practitioner impact. Awards & Contributions : 2015 Best Paper Award (shared) Edited books including Oxford Handbook of Individual Differences and Strategic Renewal Teaching & Pedagogy : Develops innovative teaching methods like inquiry-based learning to foster student creativity. Taught modules on digital marketing, consumer behavior, and research methods. Labs/Teams : Contributes to cybersecurity initiatives at King’s, focusing on AI-driven defense mechanisms and organizational cyber resilience strategies.

• Computer Architecture
• Memory Systems
• Parallel Computing
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Mark D. Hill is a Professor at the University of Wisconsin—Madison, renowned for transformative contributions to computer architecture spanning memory systems and parallel computing. His work earned the ACM-IEEE CS Eckert-Mauchly Award in 2019 and ACM Fellowship in 2004. Hill pioneered the 3C model for cache misses, SC for DRF memory consistency (with Sarita Adve), and transactional memory via LogTM (with David Wood). His simulation frameworks—Dinero, GEMS, gem5, and BadgerTrap—enable advanced analysis of memory behavior and virtual systems, while concepts like 'page reservation' directly impact Linux kernel design. Research spans cache optimization, heterogeneous processor memory models, and scalable parallel evaluation techniques. Hill's accolades include: ACM-IEEE CS Eckert-Mauchly Award (2019) for contributions to memory systems and parallel computer design/evaluation ACM Fellow (2004) for innovations in memory consistency models and memory system architecture With over 160 co-authors and 20,000+ citations, Hill mentored influential researchers like Sarita Adve. His grant-supported projects—including the Wisconsin Wind Tunnel simulator—produced industry-adopted tools cited thousands of times, driving real-world implementations in programming languages and operating systems. Hill leads critical research initiatives at Wisconsin, developing the Dinero cache simulator, GEMS/gem5 full-system simulators, and BadgerTrap virtual memory analyzer. These projects underpin modern architecture research and continue to evolve for emerging heterogeneous computing challenges.

Ryan KoView profile

Professor

• Cyber Security
• Data Provenance
• Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Security
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Professor Ryan Ko is a leading academic in Cyber Security at the University of Queensland (UQ), serving as Chair and Director of the UQ Cyber Research Centre, Director of Research at the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and a member of UQ's Academic Board. He holds a BEng (Computer Engineering) and PhD from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His research focuses on data provenance, industrial control systems (ICS) security, privacy-preserving technologies, and AI-driven cybersecurity solutions. Ko has pioneered initiatives such as the UQ Cyber Centre, interdisciplinary cybersecurity education programs (MCyber, PGDipCyber), and the Oceania Cybersecurity Challenge. He has attracted over AUD 20 million in competitive grants as lead investigator, including the NZ$12.2M STRATUS project. Ko’s work spans industry and policy, including advisory roles with INTERPOL, governments, and NGOs. He has authored over 100 publications, contributed to ISO standards (e.g., ISO/IEC 21878), and co-founded cybersecurity startups. Awards include Fellowships from the Australian Computer Society and Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the CSA Ron Knode Service Award. Education: Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Engineering) (Hons.), Nanyang Technological University (2005) PhD in Computer Science, Nanyang Technological University (2011) Awards: Fellow, Australian Computer Society (2016) Fellow, Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences (2020) Young Professional Award, Singapore Government (2018) Grants & Leadership: AUD 20M+ lead investigator grants; NZ$12.2M STRATUS project (2014–2018) Established UQ Cyber Centre (2019) and NZ’s first cybersecurity graduate program (2012) His research emphasizes returning data control to users, with applications in agriculture, energy, and critical infrastructure. Ko’s contributions include patents, open-source tools (e.g., Kali Linux), and frameworks like TrustCloud for cloud accountability.

Danyang ZhuoView profile

Assistant Professor

• Datacenter and Cloud Computing
• Machine Learning Systems
• Operating Systems
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Danyang Zhuo is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Duke University, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences, with expertise in datacenter/cloud computing and machine learning systems. He joined Duke in 2020 after postdoctoral research at UC Berkeley under Ion Stoica and a PhD at the University of Washington advised by Tom Anderson and Arvind Krishnamurthy. Education: PhD in Computer Science (University of Washington, 2019) His research focuses on improving cloud infrastructure through systems like Phoenix (application-level abstractions) and Phantora (GPU cluster simulation). Recent work explores LLM verification, tensor compression via video codecs, and fairness in LLM serving. His 15 most recent publications span operating systems, machine learning, and networked systems conferences like HOTOS, NSDI, SIGCOMM, and OSDI. Scientific honors include NSF CAREER Award (2023), USENIX Security Distinguished Paper (2023), and multiple industry research awards. He has secured major NSF grants for projects including "OS-Managed Remote Procedure Call" and "Campus-level RDMA Networking." At Duke, he advises PhD students and teaches courses such as Introduction to Operating Systems (CompSci 310) and Systems for Machine Learning (CompSci 590.05). His work appears in leading conferences and journals, with collaborations across institutions including UC Berkeley, University of Washington, and industry partners.

Peter DindaView profile

Professor

• Parallel and Distributed Systems
• Virtualization
• Operating Systems
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Peter Dinda is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Northwestern University , with a secondary appointment in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering . He has authored over 130 scientific papers, holds five patents, and is a Fellow of the IEEE . As the former head of the Computer Engineering and Systems division, he has contributed extensively to experimental computer systems. Education: B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Wisconsin Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University Research Focus: Experimental computer systems, particularly parallel and distributed systems , virtualization , operating systems , and empathic systems that integrate user satisfaction with systems-level decision-making. His work also spans compiler design, memory management, and hardware-software co-design for performance optimization. Recent Trends: His publications emphasize virtualization efficiency, memory protection frameworks, parallel programming language design, and power management in heterogeneous computing environments. Key areas include exascale systems, IoT privacy, and physiological sensor-based user modeling. Scientific Awards: Fellow, IEEE Leadership: Served as Director of Graduate Studies and previously led the Computer Engineering and Systems division.

Yan ChenView profile

Professor

• Cybersecurity
• Networking
• Distributed Systems Security
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Yan Chen is a Professor of Computer Science at Northwestern University's Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science. He leads the Northwestern Lab for Internet and Security Technology (LIST) and the Center for Ultra-scale Computing and Information Security. His research focuses on cybersecurity, network measurement, and distributed systems security. Chen holds a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley (2003), M.S. from SUNY Stony Brook, and B.E. from Zhejiang University. Research interests include securing networking systems, intrusion detection, cloud-native platforms, and mobile security. Notable awards include the DOE Early CAREER Award (2005), Air Force Young Investigator Award (2007), and ACM ASPLOS'18 Most Influential Paper Award. His work has been cited over 17,000 times with an h-index of 62 (2024). Key contributions include the LIST lab's advancements in APT detection, provenance tracking in microservices, and security frameworks like FlowCog. He advises numerous Ph.D. students and has graduated over 20 researchers now in academia and industry.

Gianvito LanzollaView profile

Professor

• Digital Transformation
• Technology Strategy
• Competitive Dynamics
• +7 more

Gianvito Lanzolla is a Professor of Strategy at Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), City, University of London, where he has been employed since April 2006 and served as Dean of the Faculty of Management from 2016-2020. He founded the Bayes Digital Leadership Research Centre and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Education: MSc in Mechanical Engineering, PhD in Strategic Management Visiting Appointments: London Business School, Indian School of Business, ESMT Berlin His research focuses on digital transformation, technology strategy, institutional change, and competitive dynamics. He examines how CEOs' digital orientation and board characteristics affect firm value, with publications in Academy of Management Journal , Harvard Business Review , and California Management Review . His work has won multiple academic prizes and been featured in major media outlets. Recent publications analyze digital ecosystems, agile transformation, and AI applications in finance. He teaches 'Strategic Leadership' and 'Digital Transformation' in MBA programs, having won teaching excellence awards in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, and 2015. Scientific Awards: City University Teaching Excellence Awards (2015, 2012, 2009, 2008) Strategic Management Society Best Paper Award (2012) SSRN Top Ten Downloaded Paper (2008) Spanish Academy of Management Best Paper Award (2009)

• Formal Verification
• Software Testing
• Programming Languages
• +12 more

Alastair F. Donaldson is a Professor and Director of Research in the Department of Computing at Imperial College London, where he leads the FastPL research group. His work bridges formal methods, software testing, and programming languages, with a focus on enhancing the reliability of high-performance and parallel software systems. He has held key roles including Director of Research (since 2023) and previously served as Lecturer (2011–2014), Senior Lecturer (2014–2017), and Reader (2017–2020) before being promoted to Professor in 2020. His research interests include formal verification, compiler testing, GPU programming, concurrency, and fuzzing. He has made significant contributions to the verification of GPU kernels, metamorphic testing of graphics drivers, and the development of tools like GPUVerify and GraphicsFuzz. His work combines theoretical rigor with practical impact, demonstrated by the acquisition of his startup GraphicsFuzz by Google in 2018 and his subsequent roles as Senior Software Engineer and Visiting Researcher at Google. His recent publications reflect a sustained focus on compiler and system reliability, with trends in fuzzing, formal specification, and automated testing of complex systems such as WebGPU, CXL cache coherence, and large language models for code generation. His work increasingly integrates empirical validation with formal techniques to uncover subtle bugs in real-world systems. Scientific awards and recognitions include: 2017 BCS Roger Needham Award EPSRC Early Career Fellowship Fellow of the British Computer Society Best Paper awards at EuroSys 2024, MET 2021, IISWC 2019, IWOCL 2019, and ICST 2016 Best Industry Paper at ICST 2024 ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper at ISSTA 2023 ACM SIGPLAN Most Influential OOPSLA Paper Award (2012 paper), awarded in 2022 Best Student Paper at PPoPP 2014 He has advised numerous PhD students and leads a vibrant research group. He has secured significant research funding and collaborates extensively with industry and academia. His service includes leadership roles such as General Chair of PLDI 2020, PC Chair of ECOOP 2019, and Steering Committee Chair of PLDI (2022–2025). He also serves on the advisory board of PACM-PL and on program committees for top venues including POPL, OOPSLA, PLDI, ICSE, and ISSTA. He leads the FastPL research group, which focuses on the design and implementation of programming tools and techniques for reliable software. The group conducts cutting-edge research in compiler testing, formal methods, and high-performance systems, fostering collaboration across academia and industry.

• Digital Provenance
• Operating Systems
• Distributed Systems
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Thomas Pasquier is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of British Columbia, affiliated with the Systopia Lab and UBC Security & Privacy Group. His research focuses on digital provenance, system auditing, intrusion detection, and performance optimization. He investigates systems security through provenance graph analysis, developing practical frameworks for intrusion detection (including PROVNET and Kairos) and provenance summarization tools. His work combines machine learning with systems research to enhance cybersecurity transparency. Recent Publications (2022-2025) Provenance-based intrusion detection systems analysis Whole-system provenance for practical security eBPF kernel extension security enhancements LLM-driven provenance summarization Research code quality assessment Scientific Awards Incredible Instructor Awards Amazon Science Research Award He supervises graduate students in systems security research and teaches courses on security & privacy and operating systems. His lab welcomes diverse students for thesis-based research opportunities.

Pia VogelView profile

Professor

• ATP Synthase
• Multidrug Resistance
• Ryanodine Receptor
• +5 more

Pia Vogel is a Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Southern Methodist University (SMU), where she leads research on nucleotide-binding proteins using Electron Spin Resonance spectroscopy and molecular modeling. Her work focuses on elucidating structural mechanisms in ATP synthase, multidrug resistance transporters, and calcium channels with biomedical applications in cancer therapy and neurodegenerative diseases. Education: Ph.D., University of Kaiserlautern Dr. Vogel's research program investigates three interconnected domains: the rotary mechanics of FoF1-ATP synthase (particularly the external stalk subunit b-dimer), the structural basis of multidrug resistance in P-glycoprotein and MRPs, and ATP-regulated calcium release via ryanodine receptors. Her laboratory employs site-specific spin labeling, ESR spectroscopy, and computational modeling to resolve protein dynamics and interactions at molecular resolution, contributing to understanding energy transduction in ATP synthase and mechanisms of drug resistance. Analysis of her 15 most recent publications (2020-2025) reveals a dominant focus on developing and characterizing P-glycoprotein and BCRP inhibitors to overcome chemotherapy resistance in cancer. These studies integrate computational screening, ATPase assays, and cell-based models to evaluate inhibitor efficacy, with emerging applications in Alzheimer's research through amyloid-β transport studies. The work demonstrates consistent methodological synergy between biophysical characterization and therapeutic development. Dr. Vogel maintains an active research group supported by sustained funding, evidenced by continuous publication output and laboratory infrastructure. Her team employs multidisciplinary approaches spanning biophysics, biochemistry, and computational biology to address fundamental questions in membrane protein function. Her laboratory facilities in DLSB 221 include specialized Electron Spin Resonance instrumentation and dual Linux computing clusters for molecular dynamics simulations. The research environment supports collaborative projects extending her work into cancer therapeutics and neurodegenerative disease mechanisms through partnerships with clinical and computational researchers.