Dr. Diwadkar is currently Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neurosciences at Wayne State University School of Medicine. He received his B.A. in Psychology and Computer Science from Coe College and his PhD in Psychology and Cognitive Science from Vanderbilt University. Following neuroimaging-related fellowships at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh, he has served on the faculty of the University of Pittsburgh and at Wayne State University where he has been since 2005. He uses in vivo neuroimaging to understand brain network mechanisms of function (underlying psychological and physiological processes) publishing in the areas of learning, memory, cognition and sensorimotor function.

More recently he has extended the use of fMRI to identify correlates of thermal regulatory related brain responses.He has significant clinical neuroimaging interests, particularly in understanding brain network dysfunction underlying psychiatric illness. He has published extensively in the areas of schizophrenia, mood disorders, and borderline personality disorder and has co-authored over 150 peer reviewed articles, reviews and book chapters. He is the co-Editor (with Prof. Simon Eickhoff) of the upcoming volume (Springer Nature Publishing) on “Brain Network Dysfunction in Neuropsychiatric Illness: Methods, Applications and Implications.” His research has been supported by grants from the National Institutes of Mental Health, the Children's Research Center of Michigan, the Children’s Hospital ofMichigan Foundation, the Ethel and James Flinn Foundation, the DMC Foundation, the Cohen Neuroscience Endowment, the Prechter World Bipolar Foundation, and the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression.