Lianglong Sun, Ph.D. 


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


  • 2019.09-2026.06: 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, ... & He Y (2025) Human lifespan changes in the brain's functional connectome. Nature Neuroscience. 28:891-901. (Cover Paper) (ESI Hot Paper, Top 0.1% in Neuroscience & Behavior)

  • 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 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

  • Liang X#,Sun L#, Xia M, Zhao T, ..., He Y* (2025) Dissecting human cortical similarity networks across the lifespan. Neuron, 113 (19), 3275-3295.e11. (Cover paper)

  • 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. 120, 105917.

  • 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#, ..., 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.

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


ACADEMIC PRESENTATION


  • Invited Symposium Presentation, The 32nd Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Bordeaux, France, June 2026

  • Invited Educational Course Presentation, The 30th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Seoul, South Korea, June 2024

  • Academic Presentation, The 7th International Conference on Human Brain Development, Zhuhai, China, April 2026

  • Oral Presentation, The 32nd Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Singapore, May 2024



HONORS AND AWARDS


  • 2026: Outstanding Graduate of Beijing Normal University, China

  • 2025: Special Prize for Academic Innovation, Beijing Normal University, China

  • 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