Xinyuan Liang, Ph.D.


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


  • 2019.09-2026.06: 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


  • National Natural Science Foundation of China, 01/2025-12/2027, Role on project: PI.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS


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

  • Liang X, Sun L, Liao X, Lei T, Xia M, Duan D, …, Zhao T*, He Y*; Structural connectome architecture shapes the maturation of cortical morphology from childhood to adolescence, Nature Communications, 2024, 15(1):784.

  • Liang X*; Structural brain networks shape cortical atrophy in depression: implications and future directions, Biological Psychiatry, 2026, 99(8),612-613.

  • He Y#, Liang X#, Chen M, Tian T, Zeng Y, Liu J, …, 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 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.

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


  • 2026: Outstanding Graduate of Beijing Normal University, China

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

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

  • 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