Xinyuan Liang, Ph.D. Student


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



RESEARCH INTERESTS


  • Establishing theoretical frameworks for human brain network development using neuroimaging, connectomics, and computational modeling.

  • Revealing cross-scale developmental principles of human brain networks and elucidating disease-related abnormalities and potential biomarkers.

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


  • Cortical Developmental Patterns and Structural Network Constraints of Imaging Subtypes in Adolescent Depression, National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 824B2051, 01/2025-12/2027, Role on project: PI.

  • CAST Young Talent Lifting Project: Doctoral Special Program, China Association for Science and Technology, 01/2025-01/2026, Role on project: PI.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS


  • 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*; Dissecting human cortical similarity networks across the lifespan, Neuron, 2025. In press.

  •  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 JH, Qin S, Tao S, Dong Q, Zhao T*, He Y*; Structural connectome architecture shapes the maturation of cortical morphology from childhood to adolescence, Nature Communications, 2024, 15(1):784.

  • He Y#, Liang X#, Chen M, Tian T, Zeng Y, Liu J, Hao L, Xu J, Chen R, Wang Y, Gao JH, Tan S, Taghia J*, He Y, Tao S, Dong Q, Qin S*; Development of brain state dynamics involved in working memory, Cerebral Cortex, 2023, 33 (11), 7076-7087.

  • 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*; Population-specific brain charts reveal Chinese-Western differences in neurodevelopmental trajectories, bioRxiv, 2025, (Under review) 

  • 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*; Human lifespan changes in the brain's functional connectome, Nature Neuroscience, 2025, 28, 891–901.

  • Wang X, Sun L*, Liang X, Zhao T, Xia M, Liao X, He Y*; Topographic, cognitive, and neurobiological profiling of the interdependent structural and functional modules of the brain, Science Bulletin, 2025.

See Google Scholar for more information: 

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=oZw9FNUAAAAJ&hl=zh-CN&oi=ao

ACADEMIC PRESENTATION


  • Structural connectome architecture shapes the maturation of cortical morphology from childhood to adolescence, Oral Presentation, 2024.05, ISMRM, in Singapore

HONORS AND AWARDS


  • 2025: Merit Abstract Award (Summa Cum Laude), International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), USA

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

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

  • 2024: Merit Student of Beijing Normal University, China

  • 2019: Outstanding graduate of Chongqing province, China.

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