Awards
Awards, fellowships, computational grants, and professional activities.
13+
Awards & Fellowships
$232K+
Computational Grants
11
Conference Presentations
Awards & Fellowships
Graduate & Postdoctoral
| Year | Award | Organization |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ETH Zürich Focus Grant — two-month fellowship (CHF 10,106) supporting ERC Starting Grant preparation | ETH Zürich Grants Office |
| 2024 | Poster Presentation Award | SoCal TheoChem 2024, UC San Diego |
| 2022 | Doctoral Finishing Fellowship | Michigan Technological University |
| 2022 | Health Research Institute Fellowship | Michigan Technological University |
| 2021 | Poster Presentation Award (1st Place) | ACS Upper Peninsula Local Section |
| 2020–2021 | Career Enrichment Grant | Graduate Student Government, Michigan Tech |
| 2020 | Outstanding Graduate Student Summer Research Award | Dept. of Chemistry, Michigan Tech |
| 2019 | Travel Grant | Graduate Student Government, Michigan Tech |
| 2018 | AAAS/Science Program for Excellence in Science Award | AAAS |
Undergraduate
| Year | Award | Organization |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Rotary Youth Leadership Award | Rotary Club of Nagpur |
| 2016 | Project Exhibition Award (3rd Place) | NCOAT-NIRMITI, Priyadarshini Institute |
| 2015 | Oral Presentation Award (1st Place) | Unnati 15, Priyadarshini College of Engineering |
| 2012 | International Mathematics Olympiad — 155th State Rank (Maharashtra) | International Mathematics Olympiad |
ACCESS/XSEDE Computational Grants
Over $232,500 in HPC allocations on national supercomputing facilities through the NSF ACCESS (formerly XSEDE) program — 7 awards (5 as PI, 2 as Co-PI).
| Year | Grant ID | Role | Estimated Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024, 2025 | Maximize ACCESS CHE160054 (renewal) | Co-PI | $158,228 combined ($121,706 in 2025; $36,522 in 2024) |
| 2024 | Discover ACCESS CHE240077 | PI | $14,838 |
| 2024 | Discover ACCESS CHE240053 | PI | $14,838 |
| 2023 | Discover ACCESS BIO230147 | PI | $14,838 |
| 2023 | Discover ACCESS CHE230072 | PI | $14,838 |
| 2023 | Discover ACCESS CHE230069 | PI | $14,838 |
Conference Presentations
Oral Presentations
- Chaturvedi, S. S., Vargas, S., Ajmera, P., Alexandrova, A. N. “Directed Evolution Optimizes Electric Field in Protoglobin for Non-Native Catalysis” — Gordon Research Seminar, Bioinorganic Chemistry, 2024, Ventura, CA.
- Chaturvedi, S. S., Vargas, S., Alexandrova, A. N. “Directed Evolution Optimizes Electric Field in Protoglobin for Non-Native Catalysis” — SoCal TheoChem 2023, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
- Chaturvedi, S. S., Hu, J., Hausinger, R. P., Christov, C. Z. “Factors Influencing Ethylene Production in the Ethylene-Forming Enzyme” — ACS National Meeting, Fall 2022, Virtual.
Poster Presentations
- Chaturvedi, S. S., Vargas, S., Alexandrova, A. N. “Electric Fields as Key Determinants of Enzyme Catalysis” — SoCal TheoChem 2024, UC San Diego, CA.
- Chaturvedi, S. S., Vargas, S., Alexandrova, A. N. “Directed Evolution Optimizes Electric Field in Protoglobin for Non-Native Catalysis” — Gordon Research Conference, Metals in Biology, 2024, Ventura, CA.
- Chaturvedi, S. S., Wildey, J., Warner, C., Karabencheva-Christova, T. G., Christov, C. Z. “Second Coordination Sphere and Long-Range Interactions as Tools for Modulating HAT in a Histone Demethylase” — ACS National Meeting, Fall 2022, Virtual.
- Chaturvedi, S. S., Wildey, J., Warner, C., Karabencheva-Christova, T. G., Christov, C. Z. “Iron Center Rearrangement in Catalytic Mechanism of Human Non-Heme Iron(II) Histone Demethylase PHF8” — ACS UPLS, Fall 2021, Marquette, USA.
- Chaturvedi, S. S., Ramanan, R., Hu, J., Hausinger, R. P., Christov, C. Z. “Structural Determinants for Ethylene Formation and L-Arginine Hydroxylation Reaction Mechanism in the Ethylene-Forming Enzyme” — ACS National Meeting, Fall 2021, Virtual.
- Chaturvedi, S. S., Ramanan, R., Karabencheva-Christova, T. G., Christov, C. Z. “Computational Insights into Catalytic Mechanism of N-epsilon-Methyl Lysine Demethylation by PHF8” — Michigan Tech Chemistry Poster Session, 2019, Houghton, USA.
- Chaturvedi, S. S., Ramanan, R., Karabencheva-Christova, T. G., Christov, C. Z. “Computational Insights into Catalytic Mechanism of N-epsilon-Methyl Lysine Demethylation by PHF8” — ACS National Meeting, Fall 2019, Sci-Mix Session, San Diego, USA.
- Chaturvedi, S. S., Ramanan, R., Karabencheva-Christova, T. G., Christov, C. Z. “Computational Insights into Catalytic Mechanism of N-epsilon-Methyl Lysine Demethylation by PHF8” — ACS National Meeting, Fall 2019, Bioinorganic Chemistry Session, San Diego, USA.
Professional Affiliations
- American Chemical Society (ACS) — Member (June 2019–present)
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) — Member (August 2018–present)
Service & Involvement
- Chemistry Department Representative — Graduate Student Government, Michigan Tech (Sep 2018–May 2019)
- Member of Academic Committee — Graduate Student Government, Michigan Tech (Sep 2018–May 2019)
- Secretary — Rotaract Club, Priyadarshini Institute of Engineering and Technology (Jun 2015–May 2016)
- Head of Abhyudaya Board — Department of Chemical Engineering, Priyadarshini Institute (Jun 2015–May 2016)
- Community Service — Organized 10-day Ganesh Utsaav “Samarth-2K15” cultural fest at Deaf & Dumb School, Nagpur, under Rotaract Club of PIET (2015)