I am a NMR spectroscopist with expertise in protein and nucleic-acid structural biology. Through my scientific career, I have used advanced NMR techniques to connect the structures and dynamics of disease-relevant proteins to their function. The areas of my special interest are double-sword APOBEC proteins, which can mutate viral DNA to protect us against pathogens, but at the same time, they can mutate human DNA and cause cancer development and cancer evolution, as well as drug resistance in cancers. We are working to find the inhibitors of those proteins to transform cancer from a terminal disease to a manageable condition. In collaboration with Associate Professor V. Filichev, Professor G. Jameson, and Professor R. Harris (University of Minnesota), we design, produce, and test the DNA-based inhibitors of APOBEC3 proteins. For a biophysical characterization of the APOBEC3 inhibitor complexes, we mainly use NMR, ITC, and SAXS techniques. I am also interested in the dynamics of APOBEC3 proteins and their interaction with DNA and RNA substrates.