Diwakar Shukla, a Blue Waters Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has accepted an appointment as an affiliate faculty member at the Beckman Institute. Shukla will be a member of the Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group, which is within the institute's Molecular Science and Engineering research theme. Shukla uses and develops both theoretical and computational tools to understand biophysical processes for applications in plant biology and human diseases.