His research is broadly aimed at understanding how protein structure dictates protein function. In particular, his lab is focused on how post-translational modifications of proteins, such as histones and the repetitive C-terminal domain of RNA polymerase II, regulate chromatin structure and dictate the recruitment of effector proteins. Previously, Dr. Fuchs was a Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Fellow and Lineberger Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an NIH-Biotechnology Training Program fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Fuchs was recently named a Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellow by National Academy of Sciences and the Kavli Foundation.