Deep generation of personalized connectomes based on individual attributes
Yuanzhe, Liu, et al. "Deep generation of personalized connectomes based on individual attributes." Medical Image Analysis (2025): 103761.
CV
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👨‍🎓 Career and Education
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, National University of Singapore, 2023–Present
- Honorary Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne, 2023–Present
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne, 2022–2023
- Ph.D in Biomedical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, 2022
- B.Sc. in Computer Sciences, Sharif University of Technology, 2017
- B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, 2017
🏛️ Leadership and Service
- 2025: Guest Editor; Aperture Neuro, Special Issue on Open Datasets
- 2025: ECR Representative; OHBM Australia 2025 committee
- 2024: Hackathon Chair; OHBM Brainhack 2024
- 2023: Project Instigator (Cerebro); OHBM Brainhack 2023
- 2023: Hackathon co-chair elect; OHBM Brainhack 2023
- 2022: Student Representative; OHBM Australia 2022 committee
- 2022: Project Instigator (Cerebro); Brainhack Global 2022 (Australiasia Hub)
- 2022: Hackathon Organizer; Brainhack Global 2022 (Australiasia Hub)
- 2021: Q&A co-host (volunteer); OHBM Brainhack 2021
- 2020–2021: Chair; IEEE student branch at The University of Melbourne
- 2020: Traintrack tutor; OHBM Brainhack 2020
- 2020: Victorian Section Ambassador; IEEEXtreme 14.0 Programming competition
- 2019–2020: Vice-chair; IEEE student branch at The University of Melbourne
- 2018–2019: Secretary; IEEE student branch at The University of Melbourne
🌟 Grants and Awards
- 2025: Awarded the NMRC’s Open Fund - Young Individual Research Grant (Amount funded: $315K SGD) for a project exploring benefits of novel normative modeling approaches for Alzheimer’s Disease.
- 2025: Awarded the Merit Abstract Award at OHBM 2025.
- 2023: Awarded the Runner-Up Open Science Trainee Prize from the Neuro-Irv and Helga Cooper Foundation.
- 2022: Awarded the Best Student Paper Prize from the IEEE Victorian Section.
- 2021: Awarded the best poster ECR award at Maths in the Brain 2021.
- 2021: Awarded the Open Science fellowship from the OHBM Open Science Special Interest Group.
- 2021: Awarded the IEEE Special Recognition Award (Student Branch Category) from the IEEE Region 10 (as the branch chair).
- 2020: Awarded the Student Engagement Grant (SEG) 2020 as part of the IEEE student branch University of Melbourne (In collaboration with Dr. Nandakishor Desai, Amount funded: $4,200). This grant partly supported the IEEE Unlock Xtreme 14.0 workshop series.
- 2019: Best poster presentation and graphical abstract, SOBR 2019 student symposium
- 2019: Awarded a GSA grant to support the Programming for Neuroimaging Data Analysis (PNDA) workshop series under SONR (In collaboration with D. Rakesh, Amount funded: $200)
- 2018: Melbourne Research Scholarship for postgraduate research
- 2017: 2nd among participants in nationwide graduate university entrance exam for master’s degree in computer sciences
- 23rd in the IEEEXtreme 9.0 worldwide programming contest as a member of team CoDeFX (3rd in Iran)
đź’ˇ Intellectual Property and Software
- Yeo, B. T. T., Mansour L., S., Zhou, J., Chen, C., Zalesky, A., & Di Biase, M. (2024) Normative reference model and uses (Patent application No. 10202401839Y). National University of Singapore & The University of Melbourne. Pending.
- Mansour L., S., Bryant, A. G., Jeganathan, J., Kai, J., Kuehn, T., …, & Arun, A. (2024). Cerebro Brain Viewer (Software). Zenodo. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7885668
- Mansour L., S.. (2023). Connectome Spatial Smoothing (Software). Zenodo. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5746618
🗞️ Publications
A whole-brain structural connectivity signature in adult Niemann-Pick disease type C
Reilly, Thomas C., et al. "A whole-brain structural connectivity signature in adult Niemann-Pick disease type C." Brain Communications, fcaf426.
Neuroanatomical pathways of TMS therapy for depression
Seguin, Caio, et al. "Neuroanatomical pathways of TMS therapy for depression." medRxiv preprint (2025): 2025-10.
Structural Eigenmodes of the Brain to Improve the Source Localisation of EEG: Application to Epileptiform Activity
Siu, Pok Him, et al. "Structural Eigenmodes of the Brain to Improve the Source Localisation of EEG: Application to Epileptiform Activity." bioRxiv preprint.
On Reconstruction of Cortical Functional Maps Using Subject-Specific Geometric and Connectome Eigenmodes
Olsen, Anders S., et al. "On Reconstruction of Cortical Functional Maps Using Subject-Specific Geometric and Connectome Eigenmodes." 2025 IEEE 22nd International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI). IEEE, 2025.
Characterizing Brain–Cardiovascular Aging Using Multiorgan Imaging and Machine Learning
Amirmoezzi, Yalda, et al. "Characterizing Brain–Cardiovascular Aging Using Multiorgan Imaging and Machine Learning." Journal of Neuroscience 45.8 (2025).
Spurious correlations in surface-based functional brain imaging
Jeganathan, Jayson, et al. "Spurious correlations in surface-based functional brain imaging." Imaging Neuroscience 3 (2025): imag_a_00478.
Spectral normative modeling of brain structure
Mansour L, Sina, et al. "Spectral normative modeling of brain structure." medRxiv preprint (2025): 2025-01.
Perinatal development of structural thalamocortical connectivity
Oldham, Stuart, Sina Mansour L, and Gareth Ball. "Perinatal development of structural thalamocortical connectivity." Imaging Neuroscience 3 (2025): imag_a_00418.
Structurally informed models of directed brain connectivity
Greaves, Matthew D., et al. "Structurally informed models of directed brain connectivity." Nature Reviews Neuroscience 26.1 (2025): 23-41.
Topological cluster statistic (TCS): Toward structural connectivity–guided fMRI cluster enhancement
Mansour L, Sina, et al. "Topological cluster statistic (TCS): Toward structural connectivity–guided fMRI cluster enhancement." Network Neuroscience 8.3 (2024): 902-925.
Eigenmodes of the brain: revisiting connectomics and geometry
Mansour L, Sina, et al. "Eigenmodes of the brain: revisiting connectomics and geometry." bioRxiv preprint.
“Puberty age gap”: new method of assessing pubertal timing and its association with mental health problems
Dehestani, N., Vijayakumar, N., Ball, G., Mansour L, S., Whittle, S., & Silk, T. J. (2023). “Puberty age gap”: new method of assessing pubertal timing and its association with mental health problems. Molecular Psychiatry, 1-8.
Connectomes for 40,000 UK Biobank participants: A multi-modal, multi-scale brain network resource
Mansour L., S., Di Biase, M. A., Smith, R. E., Zalesky, A., & Seguin, C. (2023). Connectomes for 40,000 UK Biobank participants: A multi-modal, multi-scale brain network resource. NeuroImage, 283, 120407.
Modular Boundaries in Recurrent Neural Networks
Tanner, Jacob, et al. "Modular Boundaries in Recurrent Neural Networks." arXiv preprint (2023).
Tractography passes the test: Results from the diffusion-simulated connectivity (DiSCo) challenge
Girard, Gabriel, et al. "Tractography passes the test: Results from the diffusion-simulated connectivity (DiSCo) challenge." Neuroimage 277 (2023): 120231.
Communication dynamics in the human connectome shape the cortex-wide propagation of direct electrical stimulation
Seguin, Caio, et al. "Communication dynamics in the human connectome shape the cortex-wide propagation of direct electrical stimulation." Neuron 111.9 (2023): 1391-1401.
Parameter estimation for connectome generative models: Accuracy, reliability, and a fast parameter fitting method
Liu, Yuanzhe, et al. "Parameter estimation for connectome generative models: Accuracy, reliability, and a fast parameter fitting method." Neuroimage 270 (2023): 119962.
Proceedings of the OHBM Brainhack 2021
Nikolaidis, Aki, et al. "Proceedings of the OHBM Brainhack 2021." Aperture Neuro (2023).
An open code pledge for the neuroscience community
Smout, Cooper, et al. "An open code pledge for the neuroscience community." MetaArXiv preprint (2023).
Biomedical image analysis competitions: The state of current participation practice
Eisenmann, Matthias, et al. "Biomedical image analysis competitions: The state of current participation practice." arXiv preprint.
Network communication models narrow the gap between the modular organization of structural and functional brain networks
Seguin, Caio, et al. "Network communication models narrow the gap between the modular organization of structural and functional brain networks." NeuroImage 257 (2022): 119323.
Connectome spatial smoothing (CSS): Concepts, methods, and evaluation
Mansour L., Sina, et al. "Connectome spatial smoothing (CSS): Concepts, methods, and evaluation." NeuroImage 250 (2022): 118930.
Centering inclusivity in the design of online conferences–An OHBM–Open Science perspective
Levitis, Elizabeth, et al. "Centering inclusivity in the design of online conferences--An OHBM--Open Science perspective." GigaScience (2021).
Brainhack: Developing a culture of open, inclusive, community-driven neuroscience
Gau, RĂ©mi, et al. "Brainhack: Developing a culture of open, inclusive, community-driven neuroscience." Neuron (2021).
Temporal complexity of fMRI is reproducible and correlates with higher order cognition
Omidvarnia, Amir, et al. "Temporal complexity of fMRI is reproducible and correlates with higher order cognition." NeuroImage (2021): 117760.
High-resolution connectomic fingerprints: Mapping neural identity and behavior
Mansour L., Sina, et al. "High-resolution connectomic fingerprints: mapping neural identity and behavior." NeuroImage (2021): 117695.
Brain-Predicted Age Associates With Psychopathology Dimensions in Youths
Cropley, Vanessa, et al. "Brain-Predicted Age Associates With Psychopathology Dimensions in Youths." Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging (2020).
Functional dedifferentiation of the brain during healthy aging
Rakesh, Divyangana, Kavisha B. Fernando, and Sina Mansour L. "Functional dedifferentiation of the brain during healthy aging." Journal of neurophysiology 123.4 (2020): 1279-1282.
đź’¬ Talks & Conferences
Open Science in Academia; Practical Steps To Get Started
Talk at Systems Neuropsychiatry Lab Webinar, Melbourne, Australia
Lifespan Normative Modeling; Charting Healthy Norms & Detecting Pathological Deviations
Talk at Centre for Sleep and Cognition, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Spectral Normative Modeling (SNM) for High-resolution Brain Abnormality Inference
Talk at OHBM 2025, Brisbane, Australia
From Code to Visualization: Reproducible Pipelines for Neuroimaging Research
Talk at OHBM 2025 Educational Sessions, Brisbane, Australia
Charting Multi-Scale Brain Phenotypes Using Spectral Normative Models
Talk at ISMRM Workshop on 40 Years of Diffusion, Kyoto, Japan
Open Science Volunteering and Academia: Navigating the Challenges and Rewards
Talk at MRI Together 2024, Online Conference
Virtual talk on High-resolution Connectomic Models: Challenges, Promises, and Prospects
Talk at Melbourne Ultra-High Field Functional Imaging Network, Melbourne, Australia
Spotlight talk: Spectral normative modeling for high-resolution inference of brain abnormalities
Talk at OHBM Australia 2024 Annual Meeting, Melbourne, Australia
Human Brain Normative Modeling Using Eigenmodes
Poster at OHBM 2024, Seoul, South Korea
Symposium on Creating and using representative Big Open datasets: global challenges and promises
Talk at OHBM 2024, Seoul, South Korea
Intro to OHBM Brainhack 2024; a satellite event at OHBM 2024
Talk at OHBM Brainhack 2024, Seoul, South Korea
Topological Cluster Statistic (TCS): Linking tractography and brain activation to make anatomically-informed inference
Talk at OHBM 2023, Montreal, Canada
Connectomes for 40,000 UK Biobank participants: A multi-modal, multi-scale dataset for network neuroscience
Poster at OHBM 2023, Montreal, Canada
Cerebro: One tool to view them all!
Talk at OHBM Brainhack 2023, Montreal, Canada
Charting the human brain; toward resolution-independent reusable normative brain models
Talk at Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Charting the human brain; toward resolution-independent, interpretable, and reusable normative brain models
Talk at Charité – Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
High-resolution Connectomics, a tale of two disciplines
Talk at Charité – Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
Cerebro: One tool to view them all!
Talk at Global Brainhack: Australasia 2022, Sydney, Australia
Topological Cluster Statistic (TCS): fMRI cluster enhancement using anatomically-guided inference
Poster at Maths in the Brain 2022, Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, Monash University
Computational models of High-resolution Human Connectomics, a tale of two disciplines
Talk at Mathematics of The Interactions Between Brain Structure and Brain Functions, MATRIX House, Creswick
An introduction to High-resolution Human Connectomics & its applications
Talk at Neuroanatomy and Tractography Laboratory (Natbrainlab), King's College London
Topological Cluster Statistic: Structural connectivity guided fMRI cluster enhancements
Poster at Organization for Human Brain Mapping Annual Meeting (OHBM 2022), Scottish Event Center, Glasgow, Scotland
Spectral connectome analysis across modalities and resolutions
Talk at Organization for Human Brain Mapping Annual Meeting (OHBM 2022), Scottish Event Center, Glasgow, Scotland
Workshop on white-matter tractography
Workshop at Systems Neuroscience Laboratory, Monash University, Clayton Campus
Connectome-Based Smoothing (CBS) for structural connectomes
Poster at Maths in the Brain 2021, Monash Biomedical Imaging, Monash University Clayton Campus
High-resolution Connectomics
Talk at Melbourne-Berlin Brain Connectivity and Machine Learning Meeting, Online
Challenges and impacts of spatial smoothing on high-resolution structural connectomes
Poster at OHBM 2021, Online
High-resolution connectivity; A novel biomarker of brain-behavior associations
Talk at OHBM; Australian Chapter Webinar, Online
Prediction-Identification Landscape for Brain Structure and Connectivity
Poster at ISMRM & SMRT Virtual Conference, Online
High-resolution connectivity analyses
Poster at 29th Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting, Organization for Computational Neuroscience (OCNS), Online
Structural Connectome Fingerprinting
Poster at Students of Brain Research (SOBR) 2019 Student Symposium, The Melbourne Brain Centre in Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Network alignment
Poster at 6th biennial Canadian Discrete and Algorithmic Mathematics Conference (CanaDAM), Honolulu, Hawaii