Professional Preparation
Postdoctoral Associate
Aarhus University, Denmark - 2014
Postdoctoral Associate
California Institute of Technology - 2013
PhD - Bioinorganic Chemistry/Biochemistry
University of Zurich, Switzerland - 2008
MS - Biotechnology
University of Milan, Italy - 2002
Awards
NSF CAREER Award - National Science Foundation [2021]
Maximizing Investigators' Research Award - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - NIH [2018]
Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellowship Award - European Commission [2011]
Fellowship for Prospective Researchers - Swiss National Science Foundation [2009]
News Articles

Two UT Dallas faculty members in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry —
Dr. Sheel Dodani BS’07 and
Dr. Gabriele Meloni — are recipients of three-year, $195,000 grants from the
Welch Foundation to support research geared toward improving the understanding of cellular function.

Dr. Sheel Dodani BS’07 and Dr. Gabriele Meloni, both assistant professors of chemistry at UT Dallas, received the NIH Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award for Early Stage Investigators to support their respective work.