David Fushman is a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Maryland. He received his master's degree in Physics and a doctorate in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics from Kazan State University in USSR. Before joining the University of Maryland in 2000, he worked at Kazan Institute of Biology (then USSR Academy of Sciences), Institute for Biophysical Chemistry (University of Frankfurt, Germany), and the Rockefeller University (New York). He was awarded an Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship (1991-1993). Since 2010 he is a visiting professor at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. His primary scientific interest is in understanding the relationship between structure, dynamics, and function in complex macromolecular systems, such as proteins. The focus is on development and application of physical, biochemical, and computational approaches, both theoretical and experimental, to characterize protein molecules as dynamic systems at atomic-level resolution. Fushman's group employs a variety of experimental and computational techniques including nuclear magnetic resonance, small-angle X-ray and neutron scattering, molecular dynamics simulations, and physical and mathematical modeling. Of particular interest are mechanisms of molecular recognition in ubiquitin-mediated signaling pathways.