Dr.Du is the director of the Laboratory for High-Field Imaging and Translational Neuroscience and the Advanced MRI/MRS Core in the McLean Imaging Center (MIC), Dr. Fei Du is a neuroimaging biophysicist with a background in magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy (MRI/MRS). After training in the technical aspects of this field, he has begun to use his expertise in the service of neurobiological research on neuropsychiatric diseases. His research interests have evolved to combine MRI/MRS technique developments with translational imaging, from bench study to bedside. Toward this goal, his lab uses multimodal neuroimaging approaches, brain modulation, and translational animal models.

Over the course of his career, Dr. Du has established a network of collaborators for studies of psychiatric, drug use disorders, and neurodegenerative diseases using the state-of-art neuroimaging approaches, both within the MIC and with colleagues at other institutions. This work facilitates the translational applications of technical innovations in humans and in animal models. He has received several awards from the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation, Harvard Brain Science Initiative, and NIH funds.