He received his PhD from New York University, followed by post-doctoral training at Weill Medical College of Cornell University. Before joining Queens College, he worked at Mount Sinai School of Medicine as an assistant professor of neuroscience and psychiatry. Dr. Fan's research focuses on human attentional processes conceptualized as a system of anatomical areas forming specialized networks. Through independent research and collaboration, he has conducted behavioral, developmental, and patient-based studies using functional magnetic resonance imaging, event related potentials, genetics, and computational modeling to investigate the anatomy, circuitry, pathology, and development of attentional networks. Dr. Fan has expertise in cognitive and affective neuroscience, specifically various neuroimaging methods.