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