The Institute for Computational and Data Science has provided funds for this project as part of its Rising Researcher Collaborations Funding Opportunity, with Nigel Lee-En Hew as the Rising Researcher and Shun-Li Shang as the PI.
https://www.psu.edu/news/institute-computational-and-data-sciences/story/institute-computational-and-data-sciences-awards-56
https://icds.psu.edu/funding/rising-researchers/funded-projects/