Dr. Hooker received his undergraduate degrees at NC State University and then completed his PhD in chemistry at UC Berkeley under the direction of Professor Matt Francis. In 2007, he was named Goldhaber Distinguished Fellow at Brookhaven National Laboratory and worked with Dr. Joanna Fowler to develop new imaging methods for neuroscience. In 2009, Dr. Hooker moved to Boston to begin is independent career at Harvard and MGH. His research group’s mission is to accelerate the study of the living human brain and nervous system through the development and application of molecular imaging agents.