She has been recognized for outstanding contributions in computational protein design, including energy functions, sampling algorithms, and molecules to rewire cellular control circuits.
[1] She was an inaugural Chan Zuckerberg Biohub investigator and was inducted into American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows.
She then completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Heidelberg, and joined the University of Washington as a computation associate.
[3] Kortemme joined the University of California, San Francisco School of Pharmacy as an assistant professor in 2004.
[4] In 2011, Kortemme received funding to conduct further research on biosensors that detect and respond to small molecules inside cells.