Lianglong Sun, Ph.D. Student


E-mail: lianglongsun#mail.bnu.edu.cn



RESEARCH INTERESTS


  • Mapping typical brain developmental patterns across the human lifespan and exploring clinical applications of lifespan-based normative models

  • Establishing structure–function network coupling models of the human brain

EDUCATION


  • 2019.09-present: Ph.D. in Psychology, State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University

  • 2015.09-2019. 06: B.Sc. in Computer Science, College of Computer Science and Technology, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications

FUNDING


  • Research on structural basis of lifespan growth of functional connectome in the human brain, National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. T24B2012, 01/2025-12/2027, Role on project: PI.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (#: co-first author, *: corresponding author)


  • Sun L, Zhao T, Liang X, Xia M, Li Q, Liao X, Gong G, Wang Q, Pang C, Yu Q, Bi Y, Chen P, Chen R, Chen Y, Chen T, Cheng J, Cheng Y, Cui Z, Dai Z, Deng Y, Ding Y, Dong Q, Duan D, Gao J, Gong Q, Han Y, Han Z, Huang C, Huang R, Huo R, Li L, Lin C, Lin Q, Liu B, Liu C, Liu N, Liu Y, Liu Y, Lu J, Ma L, Men W, Qin Q, Qiu J, Qiu S, Si T, Tan S, Tang Y, Tao S, Wang D, Wang F, Wang J, Wang P, Wang X, Wang Y, Wei D, Wu Y, Xie P, Xu X, Xu Y, Xu Z, Yang L, Yuan H, Zeng Z, Zhang H, Zhang X, Zhao G, Zheng Y, Zhong S, Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, DIDA-MDD Working Group, MCADI, He Y* (2025) Human lifespan changes in the brain's functional connectome. Nature Neuroscience. 28:891-901. (Cover Paper)

  • Liang X#, Sun L#, Xia M, Zhao T, Gong G, Li Q, Liao X, Cui Z, Duan D, Pang C, Wang Q, Yu Q, Bi Y, Chen P, Chen R, Chen Y, Chen T, Cheng J, Cheng Y, Dai Z, Deng Y, Ding Y, Dong Q, Gao J, Gong Q, Han Y, Han Z, Huang C, Huang R, Huo R, Li L, Lin C, Lin Q, Liu B, Liu C, Liu N, Liu Y, Liu Y, Lu J, Ma L, Men W, Qin Q, Qin W, Qiu J, Qiu S, Si T, Tan S, Tang Y, Tao S, Wang D, Wang F, Wang J, Wang J, Wang P, Wang X, Wang Y, Wei D, Wu Y, Xie P, Xu X, Xu Y, Xu Z, Yang L, Yu C, Yuan H, Zeng Z, Zhang H, Zhang X, Zhao G, Zheng Y, Zhong S, Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, DIDA-MDD Working Group, MCADI, He Y* (2025) Dissecting human cortical similarity networks across the lifespan. Neuron. In press. 

  • Wang X, Sun L*, Liang X, Zhao T, Xia M, Liao X, He Y* (2024) Topographic, cognitive, and neurobiological profiling of the interdependent structural and functional connectome in the human brain. Science Bulletin. 70(15): 2416-2420. 

  • Sun L, Liang X, Duan D, Liu J, Chen Y, Wang X, Liao X, Xia M, Zhao T*, He Y* (2022) Structural insight into the individual variability architecture of the functional brain connectome. NeuroImage. 259:119387.

  • Chen L#, Sun L#, Sun J, Wang J, Zhang D, Xia M*, Wu T* (2025) Brain-clinical signatures of basal ganglia-related dysfunctional reorganization in Parkinson's disease. eBioMedicine. Accepted.

  • Wang J#, Sun L#, Chen L, Sun J, Xie Y, Tian D, Gao L, Zhang D, Xia M*, Wu T* (2023) Common and distinct roles of amygdala subregional functional connectivity in non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease. npj Parkinson's Disease. 9(1): 28.

  • Wu J #, Li F #, Bu S #, Wang Z #, Sun L#, Bai Z, Yang L, Gong F, Chen J, Huang Y, Li W, Yan G, Xian W, Yang J, Wu S, Zhu K, Fan W, Liu Q, Zhou G, Wei G, Li W, Yan J, Cheng J, Snell R, Yuan B*, He Y*, Zhang W*, You L* (2025) Molecular architecture of language-related cortical areas revealed by integrative proteomic and connectome analyses. Clinical and Translational Medicine. 15(9): e70449.

  • Liang X, Sun L, Liao X, Lei T, Xia M, Duan D, Zeng Z, Li Q, Xu Z, Men W, Wang Y, Tan S, Gao J, Qin S, Tao S, Dong Q, Zhao T*, He Y* (2024) Structural connectome architecture shapes the maturation of cortical morphology from childhood to adolescence. Nat Commun. 15,784.

  • Sun L#, Qin W#, Liang X#, Wang C#, Men W#, Duan Y#, Fan X#, Cai Q#, Qiu S#, Wang M#, Gong Q#, Tian Y#, Liang P#, Liu Z#, Zhang X, Song H, Ye Z, Zhang P, Dong Q, Tao S, Zhu W, Zhang J, Xie F, Feng J, Zhang J, Liu C, Qian Q, Zhang B, Meng M, Hu L, Gao J, Jiang T, Zhu X, Zhang Y, Liu L, Liu H, Liao W, Wang D, Wang H, Guo T, Dai Z, Lui S, Xu K, Li L, Xie P, Feng C, Cui G, Wu J, Yin X, Ding G, Xian J, Zhao L, Lu J, Liu Z, Han Y, Yuan Z, Zhang X, Si T, Zhou F, Bi Y, Wu D, Gao F, Wang F, Qin S, Wang G, Chen F, Zhang Z, Sui J, Chen H, Cai J, Liu S, Geng Z, Zhang C, Mao N, Yin H, Liu B, Ma H, Gao B, Miao Y, Kong X, Zhou Y, Liu L, Hu J, Wang L, Zhang Q, Shu H, Wang P, Tatia M. C. Lee, Cao Q, Yang L, Zhang X, Luo W, Liang M, Yao H, Li M, Huang H, Peng Y, Han Z, Zhou C, Xu H, Feng M, Shen W, Hu Y, Chen H, Wang Y, Gong G, Yan Z, Xu X, Liu J, Chen G, Wang P, Yang Y, Yao D, Han T, He H, Chen C, Zou Q, Liu H, Zhang H, Chai C, Lu C, Tu Y, Liu Y, Lin D, Zhao W, Xu X, Liu X, Cui Z, Wang Z, Huang R, Li Z, Liu Y, Li X, Yang X, Zhang N, Chen A, Zhang B, Qin P, Liu C, Yao Z, Wei Y, Yuan H, Wang F, Zhang Y, Zhang Q, Hu F, Xie H, Wu X, Wang J, Fan G, Wang Z, Zhang D, Zhong H, Wang Y, Bai L, Li Y, Wei X, Wang J, Zhang Y, He H, Li S, Zhang T, Jiang F, Yang J, Chen F, Liu F, Liu H, Chen N, Yang J, Hou B, Huang C, Zhu J, Cai H, Wei D, Chen Q, Wei Y, Miao P, Li Y, Liu Y, Yang N, Gao X, Liu Y, Shen Y, Huang X, Ji G, Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, CHIMGEN Consortium, DIDA-MDD Working Group, MCADI, Chinese Lifespan Brain Mapping Consortium, Zhang L*, Qiu J*, Yu Y*, Lin C*, Feng F*, Li K*, Yu C*, He Y* (2025) Population-specific brain charts reveal Chinese-Western differences in neurodevelopmental trajectories. bioRxiv. 

See Google Scholar for more publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=nlyVFuYAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao


ACADEMIC PRESENTATION


  • Charting life-course functional connectome using normative modeling, Invited Presentation, 2024.06.23, The Annal Metting of Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM), in Korea

  • Functional connectome through the human life span, Oral Presentation, 2024.05.09, The Annal Metting of International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), in Singapore

HONORS AND AWARDS


  • 2024: CAST Young Talent Lifting Project: Doctoral Special Program, China Association for Science and Technology

  • 2024: Merit Abstract Award, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), Singapore

  • 2024: Trainee (Educational) Stipend, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), Singapore

  • 2024: National Scholarship (for Doctoral Students), China

  • 2022: National Scholarship (for Doctoral Students), China

  • 2019: Outstanding graduate of Chongqing province, China

  • 2018: National Scholarship (for Undergraduate Students), China