2001-2006　Ph.D., Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China


1997-2001　B.S., Tianjin University, Tianjin, China

2019-present　Principal Investigator, IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China


2015-present　Professor, State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China


2015-present　Principal Investigator, State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China


2011-2015　985 Investigator, State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China


2008-2010　Research Fellow, McConnell Brain Imaging Center, Montreal Neurological Institute, Mcgill University, Montreal, Canada


2006-2008　Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Peter S. Allen MR Research Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Our research is focused on individual variability of hemispheric differences and white matter development of the human brain at the systems level, primarily using multi-modal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques.

1. Peng, S., Xu, P., Jiang, Y., Gong, G.^* (2022). Activation network mapping for integration of heterogeneous fMRI findings. Nature Human Behaviour, in press.

2. Yang, L., Zhao, C., Xiong, Y., Zhong, S., Wu, D., Peng, S., Thiebaut de Schotten M, Gong G.^*(2022). Callosal fiber length scales with brain size according to functional lateralization, evolution, and developmen. Journal of Neuroscience, 42(17), 3599–3610.

3. Chen, Y., Jiang, Y., Kong, X., Zhao, C., Zhong, S., Yang, L., Feng, T., Peng, S., Bi, Y., Corbetta, M., Gong, G.^* (2021). Common and unique structural plasticity after left and right hemisphere stroke. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism, 41(12), 3350–3364.

4. Xu, P.^*, Peng, S., Luo, Y., Gong, G.^* (2021). Facial expression recognition: A meta-analytic review of theoretical models and neuroimaging evidence. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 127, 820-836.

5. Chen, N., Zhao, C., Wang, M., Jones, J. A., Liu, P., Chen, X., Gong, G.^*, & Liu, H.^* (2021). Linking cortical morphology to interindividual variability in auditory feedback control of vocal production. Cerebral Cortex, 31(6), 2932-2943.

6. Liang, X., Zhao, C., Jin, X., Jiang, Y., Yang, L., Chen, Y., & Gong, G.^* (2021). Sex-related human brain asymmetry in hemispheric functional gradients. NeuroImage, 229, 117761.

7. Zhong, S., Wei, L., Zhao, C., Yang, L., Di, Z., Francks, C., & Gong, G.^* (2021). Interhemispheric relationship of genetic influence on human brain connectivity. Cerebral Cortex, 31(1), 77–88.

8. Jin, X., Liang, X., & Gong, G.^* (2020). Functional integration between the two brain hemispheres: Evidence from the homotopic functional connectivity under resting state. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 14, 932.

9. Li, M., Zhao, C., Xie, S.^*, Liu, X., Zhao, Q., Zhang, Z., & Gong, G.^* (2019). Effects of hypogonadism on brain development during adolescence in girls with Turner syndrome. Human Brain Mapping, 40(17), 4901–4911.

10. Wang, W., Wei, L., Chen, N., Jones, J. A., Gong, G.^*, & Liu, H.^* (2019). Decreased gray-matter volume in insular cortex as a correlate of singers’ enhanced sensorimotor control of vocal production. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 13, 815.

11. Zhao, C., Yang, L., Xie, S., Zhang, Z., Pan, H., & Gong, G.^* (2019). Hemispheric module-specific influence of the X chromosome on white matter connectivity: Evidence from girls with Turner syndrome. Cerebral Cortex, 29(11), 4580–4594.

12. Cui, Z., & Gong, G.^* (2018). The effect of machine learning regression algorithms and sample size on individualized behavioral prediction with functional connectivity features. NeuroImage, 178, 622–637.

13. Cui, Z., Su, M., Li, L., Shu, H.^*, & Gong, G.^* (2018). Individualized prediction of reading comprehension ability using gray matter volume. Cerebral Cortex, 28(5), 1656–1672.

14. Su, N., Liang, X., Zhai, F., Zhou, L., Ni, J., Yao, M., Tian, F., Zhang, S., Jin, Z., Cui, L., Gong, G.^*, & Zhu, Y.* (2018). The consequence of cerebral small vessel disease: Linking brain atrophy to motor impairment in the elderly. Human Brain Mapping, 39(11), 4452–4461.

15. Wei, L., Zhong, S., Nie, S.^*, & Gong, G.^* (2018). Aberrant development of the asymmetry between hemispheric brain white matter networks in autism spectrum disorder. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 28(1), 48–62.

16. Wu, X., Zhang, J., Cui, Z., Tang, W., Shao, C., Hu, J., Zhu, J., Zhao, Y., Lu, L., Chen, G., Northoff, G., Gong, G.^*, Mao, Y.^*, & He, Y. (2018). White matter deficits underlying the impaired consciousness level in patients with disorders of consciousness. Neuroscience Bulletin, 34(4), 668–678.

17. Sun, X., Song, S., Liang, X., Xie, Y., Zhao, C., Zhang, Y., Shu, H.^*, & Gong, G.^* (2017). ROBO1 polymorphisms, callosal connectivity, and reading skills: The ROBO1 -callosum-reading pathway. Human Brain Mapping, 38(5), 2616–2626.

18. Xie, S., Yang, J., Zhang, Z., Zhao, C., Bi, Y., Zhao, Q., Pan, H., & Gong, G.^* (2017). The effects of the X chromosome on intrinsic functional connectivity in the human brain: Evidence from Turner syndrome patients. Cerebral Cortex, 27(1), 474–484.

19. Zhao, C., & Gong, G.^* (2017). Mapping the effect of the X chromosome on the human brain: Neuroimaging evidence from Turner syndrome. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 80, 263–275.

20. Zhong, S., He, Y., Shu, H., & Gong, G.^* (2017). Developmental changes in topological asymmetry between hemispheric brain white matter networks from adolescence to young adulthood. Cerebral Cortex, 27(4), 2560–2570.

21. Cui, Z., Xia, Z., Su, M., Shu, H.^*, & Gong, G.^* (2016). Disrupted white matter connectivity underlying developmental dyslexia: A machine learning approach: white matter disconnection in dyslexia. Human Brain Mapping, 37(4), 1443–1458.

22. Qing, Z., & Gong, G.^* (2016). Size matters to function: Brain volume correlates with intrinsic brain activity across healthy individuals. NeuroImage, 139, 271–278.

23. Li, S.-Y., Xie, Y.-Q., Li, H., Li, X.-W., Zhang, Z.-X., Zhao, Q.-L., Xie, S., & Gong, G.-L.^* (2016). Morphological changes of amygdala in Turner syndrome patients. CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics, 22(3), 194–199.

24. Cui, Z., Zhao, C., & Gong, G.^* (2015). Parallel workflow tools to facilitate human brain MRI post-processing. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 9, 171.

25. Chen, Y., Li, P., Gu, B., Liu, Z., Li, X., Evans, A. C., Gong, G.^*, & Zhang, Z.^* (2015). The effects of an APOE promoter polymorphism on human cortical morphology during nondemented aging. Journal of Neuroscience, 35(4), 1423–1431.

26. Xie, S., Zhang, Z., Zhao, Q., Zhang, J., Zhong, S., Bi, Y., He, Y., Pan, H., & Gong, G.^* (2015). The effects of X chromosome loss on neuroanatomical and cognitive phenotypes during adolescence: A multi-modal structural MRI and diffusion tensor imaging study. Cerebral Cortex, 25(9), 2842–2853.

27. Xie, Y., Cui, Z., Zhang, Z., Sun, Y., Sheng, C., Li, K., Gong, G.^*, Han, Y.^*, & Jia, J.^* (2015). Identification of amnestic mild cognitive impairment using multi-modal brain features: A combined structural MRI and diffusion tensor imaging study. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 47(2), 509–522.

28. Yang, S.^*, Hua, P., Shang, X., Cui, Z., Zhong, S., Gong, G.^*, & William Humphreys, G. (2015). Deficiency of brain structural sub-network underlying post-ischaemic stroke apathy. European Journal of Neurology, 22(2), 341–347.

29. Zhong, S., He, Y., & Gong, G.^* (2015). Convergence and divergence across construction methods for human brain white matter networks: An assessment based on individual differences: Individual difference of WM networks. Human Brain Mapping, 36(5), 1995–2013.

30. Cui, Z., Zhong, S., Xu, P., He, Y., & Gong, G.^* (2013). PANDA: A pipeline toolbox for analyzing brain diffusion images. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7, 42.

31. Gong, G., Alexander, R. P. D., Shi, F., Beaulieu, C., & Gross, D. W. (2012). Isolated febrile seizures are not associated with structural abnormalities of the limbic system. Epilepsy Research, 102(3), 216–220.

32. Gong, G., He, Y., Chen, Z. J., & Evans, A. C. (2012). Convergence and divergence of thickness correlations with diffusion connections across the human cerebral cortex. NeuroImage, 59(2), 1239–1248.

33. Gong, G., He, Y., & Evans, A. C. (2011). Brain connectivity: Gender makes a difference. The Neuroscientist, 17(5), 575–591.