Dr. Abhishek Sirohiwal is a computational chemist and biophysicist whose research lies at the intersection of multiscale modeling, quantum chemistry, and spectroscopy of complex biological systems. He completed his BS-MS from IISER Bhopal with a major in Chemistry, where his master's thesis focused on chemical crystallography. He earned his PhD (2021, summa cum laude) from the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung in Mülheim an der Ruhr (Germany) where he investigated redox-active and light-harvesting processes in Photosystem II. His doctoral work was honored with the Outstanding Thesis Award from the RESOLV Cluster of Excellence. Following a brief postdoctoral stint at the Max Planck Institute, he was awarded an EMBO Long-Term Fellowship to pursue postdoctoral research at Stockholm University (Sweden), where he explored energy transduction mechanisms in bioenergetic protein complexes. Since November 2024, Dr. Sirohiwal has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. His research group focuses on uncovering the fundamental principles of biological catalysis and coupled electron-proton dynamics using cutting-edge computational techniques. He is also a Max Planck Partner Group Leader of Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung.