2022-Present: Postdoc Fellow, Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing
2016-2022: Ph.D., School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
2012-2016: B.S., Yingcai Honors College of UESTC, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Experiences:
Hang finished his computer science and electrical engineering undergraduate studies at Yingcai Honors College of UESTC from 2012 to 2016. Then, he received his Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, under the guidance of Prof. Bharat Biswal, from 2016 to 2022. He has worked on several projects during his Ph.D. career, including individual grey matter networks (T1-MRI), whole-brain psychophysiological interactions (task-fMRI), dynamic functional brain states measured by coactivation patterns (rest-fMRI, open-source: https://github.com/davidyoung1994/CoactivationPattern), and utilized these approaches to study the altered structure and function networks in schizophrenia. Hang is currently exploring the typical and abnormal development of brain structure and functional networks in youth.
Publications:
[1]. Yang, H.*, Yao, X., Zhang, H., Meng, C., Biswal, B.*, “Individual coactivation patterns improve the subject identification and their behavior association”. bioRxiv: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.01.06.475181
[2]. Yang, H., Zhang, H., Meng, C.*, Wohlschläger, A., Brandl, F., Di, X., Wang, S., Tian, L.*, Biswal, B.*, “Frequency-specific coactivation patterns in resting-state and their alterations in schizophrenia: an fMRI study”. Human brain mapping, 2022
[3]. Yang, H., Zhang, H., Di, X., Wang, S., Meng, C.*, Tian, L.*, Biswal, B.*, “Reproducible coactivation patterns of functional brain networks reveal the aberrant dynamic state transition in schizophrenia”. NeuroImage, 118193. 2021
[4]. Yang, H., Di, X., Gong, Q., Sweeney, J., Biswal, B.*, “Investigating inhibition deficit in schizophrenia using task-modulated brain networks”. Brain Structure and Function, 225(5), 1601-1613. 2020
[5]. Chen, K., Yang, H.*, Zhang, H., Meng, C., Becker, B., Biswal, B.*, “Altered cerebrovascular reactivity due to respiratory rate and breath holding: a BOLD-fMRI study on healthy adults”. Brain Structure and Function, 226(4), 1229-1239. 2021 (common corresponding author)
[6]. Liu, X., Yang, H., Becker, B., Huang, X., Luo, C., Meng, C.*, Biswal, B.*, “Disentangling age‐and disease‐related alterations in schizophrenia brain network using structural equation modeling: A graph theoretical study based on minimum spanning tree”. Human brain mapping, 42(10), 3023-3041. 2021
[7]. Wang, P., Meng, C.*, Yuan, R., Wang, J., Yang, H., Zhang, T., Zaboraszky, L., Alvarez, T., Liao, W., Luo, C., Chen, H., Biswal, B.*, “The organization of the human corpus callosum estimated by intrinsic functional connectivity with white-matter functional networks”. Cerebral Cortex, 30(5), 3313-3324. 2020
[8]. Jiang, Y., Luo, C.*, Li, X., Li, Y., Yang, H., Li, J., Chang, X., Li, H., Yang, H., Wang, J., Duan, M., Yao, D.*, “White-matter functional networks changes in patients with schizophrenia”. NeuroImage, 190, 172-181. 2019
[9]. Zhang, T., Wang, F., Li, M., Li, F., Tan, Y., Zhang, Y., Yang, H., Biswal, B.*, Yao, D., Xu, P.*, “Reconfiguration patterns of large-scale brain networks in motor imagery”. Brain Structure and Function, 224(2), 553-566. 2019
[10]. Jiang, Y., Luo, C.*, Li, X., Duan, M., He, H., Chen, X., Yang, H., Gong, J., Chang, X., Woelfer, M., Biswal, B., Yao, D., “Progressive reduction in gray matter in patients with schizophrenia assessed with MR imaging by using causal network analysis”. Radiology, 287(2), 633-642. 2018