Michale Fee

Michale Fee is the Glen V. and Phyllis F. Dorflinger Professor of Neuroscience at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he serves as Department Head of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and Investigator at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research. His research focuses on understanding how the brain generates and learns complex sequential behaviors using songbirds as a model system.

• Education:
  • B.E. in Engineering Physics, University of Michigan (1985)
  • Ph.D. in Applied Physics, Stanford University (1992)

Research Interests: Fee’s work combines advanced electrophysiological techniques, optical imaging, and computational modeling to study neuronal circuits underlying sequence learning and motor control in songbirds. His lab investigates how neural circuits support vocal learning, temporal coordination, and behavioral adaptation.

Scientific Awards:

• MIT Fundamental Science Investigator Award (2017)
• MIT School of Science Teaching Prize (2016)
• BCS Award for Excellence in Teaching (2015)
• Lawrence Katz Prize (2012)
• Dart Scholar (2003)

Advising and Grants: Fee has mentored numerous PhD students, Masters students, and postdoctoral researchers. He leads the Fee Laboratory at MIT, which develops innovative neurotechnologies and contributes to global neuroscience collaborations, including the Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain.