Maxim Chernodub will play the role of the host scientist. He has been active for 15 years in lattice models and numerical methods, which are both tightly relevant to the proteins within this project. He also has experience in analytical calculations of the Casimir effect and anomalous transport in quantum materials. Thus, his primary role is to do analytical calculations in gauge lattice models for finite-geometrical structures (zero-point/Casimir effects and quantum anomalies). He will also generate proposals for numerical simulations based on the results of analytical calculations.