Does dedicating to god undermine my aspiration on research in-front of review panel?
Generally, I don't think that dedications are common. In engineering, for instance, you never see a dedication except in a textbook (not common though) and PhD thesis.
Besides that, no scientific reviewer should be impacted by a dedication. There are always black sheep, who won't like it or even have a problem with it.
As reviewers or a panel are always a bit of a draw of luck, I would stay on the safe side and not put this in (any sciences/engineering).
If you are so faithful and personally committed to dedicate this work to &quot;God&quot; from a personal point, that's what matters. It's not necessary to state it.
But that's a decision you have to make.