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David Fenyö is a Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology at NYU Langone Medical Center, and the Director for the Ph.D. program in biomedical informatics.David heads the NYU Laboratory of Computational Proteomics focusing on the development of methods to identify, characterize and quantify proteins and in the integration of data from multiple modalities including mass spectrometry, sequencing and microscopy.
David studied engineering physics, with a focus on mathematical and numerical methods, at Uppsala University in Sweden. After receiving an M.Sc. in 1987, he joined the laboratory of Dr. Bo Sundqvist at Uppsala University, and studied the mechanisms of ion–solid interaction both experimentally, theoreticallyand using molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulations. For this work, he received a Ph.D. in Physics in 1991.
He then went on to complete his postdoctoral work at Rockefeller University with Brian Chait where he developed algorithms to analyze proteomics data obtained using mass spectrometry, laid a statistical foundation to protein identification, and applied modeling and simulations to optimize proteomics experimental design and study replication in yeast
In 1997, David co-founded the bioinformatics start-up ProteoMetrics, LLC, and served as the President of the company until 2002 during which he developed software systems for automated analysis of large-scale proteomics data. Subsequently, he served as the Director of Proteomics at Genomic Solutions, and as Staff Scientist and Product Manager at Amersham Biosciences and GE Healthcare before returning to academia.
Dr. Fenyő is a member of the Editorial Advisory Boards of Molecular and Cellular Proteomics, Journal of Proteomics, Proteome Science and mSystems. He serves on the scientific advisory boards of The Global Proteome Machine, BC Proteome Network, Proteome Software, Protein Metrics and Denator AB. He is also a member of the board of directors for US Human Proteome Organization (USHUPO) and serves as the treasurer.