Xuejun Hao, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Department of Psychiatry

Division of Child Psychiatry

Columbia University &

New York State Psychiatric Institute

1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 74

New York, NY 10032

Tel.  (212) 543-1905


EDUCATION

Ph.D.

Computer Science

 

B.S.

Physics

 

Research Interests

Medical Imaging (brain MRI in particular); Geometric Modeling; Scientific Computing and Visualization; Shape Dynamics; Graphical User Interface; Interactive 3D Graphics

professional organization and Societies

IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)

ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

professional Activities

NSF Panelist

NSF (IIS) Panel 2009, 2010, 2011

Editorial Board

ISRN Computer Graphics

Technical Program Committee

ACM Multimedia 2010

International Program Committee 

International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC) 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

ACM International Conference on Virtual Reality Continuum and Its Applications (VRCIA) 2006

Scientific Committee

IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems – Computer Graphics and Visualization (CGV) 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

Selected publications

Peer-reviewed Journal Papers

Hao X, Xu D, Bansal R, Dong Z, Liu J, Wang Z, Kangarlu A, Liu F, Duan Y, Shova S, Gerber A, Peterson BS. “Multimodal Magnetic Resonance Imaging: The Coordinated Use of Multiple, Mutually Informative Probes to Understand Brain Structure and Function”. Human Brain Mapping, in press

Schechter DS, Moser DA, Wang Z, Marsh R, Hao X, Duan Y, Yu S, Gunter B, Murphy D, McCaw J, Kangarlu A, Willheim E, Myers MM, Hofer MA, Peterson BS. “An fMRI study of the brain responses of traumatized mothers to viewing their toddlers during separation and play”. Soc Cog Affect Neurosci, in press

Dubin M, Weissman M, Xu D, Bansal R, Hao X, Liu J, Warner V, Peterson B. “Identification of a circuit-based endophenotype for familial depression”. Psychiatry Research, in press

Xu D, Hao X, Wang Z, Duan Y, Marsh R, Yu S, Peterson BS. “A Virtual Radial Arm Maze for the Study of Multiple Memory Systems in a Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Environment”. International Journal of Virtual Reality, in press

Rauh VA, Perera FP, Horton MK, Whyatt RM, Bansal R, Hao X, Liu J, Barr DB, Slotkin TA, Peterson BS. “Brain Abnormalities in Children Exposed Prenatally to a Common Organophosphate Pesticide”. PNAS, 109 (2012), pp. 78717876

Bruder GE, Bansal R, Tenke CE, Liu J, Hao X, Warner V, Peterson BS, Weissman MM. “Relationship of Resting EEG with Anatomical MRI Measures in Individuals at High and Low Risk for Depression”. Human Brain Mapping, 33 (2012), pp. 13251333

Devanand DP, Bansal R, Liu J, Hao X, Pradhaban G, Peterson BS. “MRI hippocampal and entorhinal cortex mapping in predicting conversion to Alzheimer's disease”. NeuroImage, 60 (2012), pp. 16221629

Hao X, Xu D, Bansal R, Liu J, Peterson BS. “An Improved Representation of Regional Boundaries on Parcellated Morphological Surfaces”. Comput Med Imaging Graph, 35 (2011), pp. 206219

Goh S, Bansal R, Xu D, Hao X, Liu J, Peterson BS. “Neuroanatomical Correlates of Intellectual Ability Across the Life Span”. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 1 (2011), pp. 305312

Kates WR, Bansal R, Fremont W, Antshel KM, Hao X, Higgins AM, Liu J, Shprintzen RJ, Peterson BS. “Mapping Cortical Morphology in Youth With Velocardiofacial (22q11.2 Deletion) Syndrome”. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 50 (2011), pp. 272282

Zhou Z, Liu W, Cui J, Wang X, Arias D, Wen Y, Bansal R, Hao X, Wang Z, Peterson BS, Xu D. “Automated Artifact Detection and Removal for Improved Tensor Estimation in Motion-Corrupted DTI Datasets Using the Combination of Local Binary Patterns and 2D Partial Least Squares”. Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 29 (2011), pp. 230242

Sobel LJ, Bansal R, Maia TV, Sanchez J, Mazzone L, Durkin K, Liu J, Hao X, Ivanov I, Miller A, Greenhill LL, Peterson BS. “Basal Ganglia Surface Morphology and the Effects of Stimulant Medications in Youth With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder”. Am J Psychiatry, 167 (2010), pp. 977986

Marsh R, Hao X, Xu D, Wang Z, Packard MG, Duan Y, Liu J, Kangarlu A, Martinez D, Garcia F, Tau G, Yu S, Peterson BS. “A virtual reality-based fMRI study of reward-based spatial learning”. Neuropsychologia, 48 (2010), pp. 29122921

Miller AM, Bansal R, Hao X, Sanchez-Pena JP, Miller LJ, Liu J, Xu D, Zhu H, Chakravarty MM, Durkin K, Ivanov I, Plessen KJ, Kellendonk CB, Peterson BS. “Enlargement of the thalamus in persons with Tourette syndrome”. Arch Gen Psychiatry, 67 (2010), pp. 955964.

Ivanov I, Bansal R, Hao X, Zhu H, Kellendonk C, Miller L, Sanchez-Pena J, Miller A, Chakravarty MM, Klahr K, Durkin K, Greenhill LL,Peterson BS. “Morphological abnormalities of the thalamus in youth with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder”. Am J Psychiatry, 167 (2010), pp. 397408

Tobe RH, Bansal R, Xu D, Hao X, Liu J, Sanchez J, Peterson BS. “Morphological features of the cerebellum in Tourette syndrome and comorbid Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder”, Annals of Neurology, 67 (2010), pp. 479487

Peterson BS, Warner V, Bansal R, Zhu H, Hao X, Liu J, Durkin K, Adams PB, Wickramaratne P, Weissman MM, Cortical thinning in persons at increased familial risk for major depression”, PNAS, 106 (2009),  pp. 6273–6278

Xu D, Cui J, Bansal R, Hao X, Liu J, Peterson BS, Surface Area Ratio (SAR): an improved anisotropy index for diffusion tensor imaging”, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 27 (2009), pp. 311323

Xu D, Hao X, Bansal R, Plessen KJ, Peterson BS, “Seamless Warping of Diffusion Tensor Fields”, IEEE Transaction on Medical Imaging, Vol. 27 (2008), pp. 285–299

Zhu H, Li Y, Tang N, Bansal R, Hao X, Weissman MM, Peterson BS, “Statistical Modelling of Brain Morphometric Measures in General Pedigree”, Statistica Sinica, Vol. 18 (2008), pp. 1569–1591

Xu D, Hao X, Bansal R, Zhu H, Plessen KJ, Peterson BS, “Unifying the Analyses of Anatomical and Diffusion Tensor Images Using Volume-Preserved Warping”, Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Vol. 25, No. 3 (2007), pp. 612–624

Peterson BS, Choi H, Hao X, Amat J, Zhu H, Whiteman R, Liu J, Xu D, Bansal R, “Morphologic features of the amygdala and hippocampus in children and adults with Tourette syndrome”, Archives of General Psychiatry, Vol. 64 (2007), pp. 1281–1291

Zhu H, Ibrahim JG, Tang N, Rowe DB, Hao X, Bansal R, Peterson BS, “A Statistical Analysis of Brain Morphology Using Wild Bootstrapping”, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, Vol. 26, No. 7(2007), pp. 954–966

Hao X, Varshney A, “Geometry-guided computation of 3D electrostatics for large Biomolecules”, Journal of Computer-Aided Geometric Design, Vol. 23, No. 6 (2006), pp. 545–557

Lee CH, Hao X, Varshney A, “Geometry-dependent lighting, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Vol. 12, No. 2 (2006), pp. 197207

Zhu H, Xu D, Raz A, Hao X, Zhang H, Kangarlu A, Bansal R, Peterson BS, “A statistical framework for the classification of tensor morphologies in diffusion tensor images”, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Vol. 24, No. 5 (2006), pp. 569582

Hao X, Varshney A, “Real–Time Rendering of Translucent Meshes”, ACM Transactions on Graphics, Vol. 23, No. 2 (2004), pp. 120142

Lu J, Zhang L, Hao X, Electronic structure of Hg0.8Pb0.2Ba2Ca2Cu3O8: The role of Pb doping, oxygen doping and high pressure”, Acta Physica Sinica-Overseas Edition, Vol. 6, No. 1 (1997), pp. 4051

Hao X, Zhang L, Shen J, Wang H, Electronic structure of HgBa2Ca2Cu3O8: the role of O(4) and high pressure”, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Vol. 6 (1994), pp. 73857394

Hao X, Zhou Y, Zhang L, Wang H, “Effect of doping Zn on the electronic structure of La1.85Sr0.15CuO4”, Modern Physics Letters B, Vol. 8, No. 10 (1994), pp. 641–651

Hao X, Zhang L, “Effect of high pressure on the electronic structure of La1.85Sr0.15CuO”, Chinese Journal of High Pressure Physics, Vol. 8 (1994), pp. 18

Feng X, Hao X, Zhang L, Wang H, “Effect of doping Sn on the electronic structure of La1.85Sr0.15CuO4”, Acta Physica Sinica-Overseas Edition, Vol. 3 (1994), pp. 190199

Song W, Hao X, Zhang L, Wang H, “Change of electronic structures caused by local substitution of Al for Cu in La1.85Sr0.15CuO4 material”, Chinese Journal of Low Temperature Physics, Vol. 16 (1994), pp. 2534

Peer-reviewed Conference Papers

Zhu H, Hao X, Xu D, Raz A, Royal J, Shova S, Peterson BS, Theoretical Analysis of the Effects of Noise on Isotropic Diffusion Tensors”, IEEE Computer Society Workshop on Mathematical Methods in Biomedical Image Analysis 2006

Hao X, Varshney A, Sukharev S, “Real–Time Visualization of Large Time-Varying Molecules”, High Performance Computing Symposium 2004, pp. 109114

Hao X, Varshney A, “Efficient Solution of Poisson–Boltzmann Equation for Electrostatics of Large Molecules”, High Performance Computing Symposium 2004, pp. 7176

Lee CH, Hao X, Varshney A, “Light Collages: Lighting Design for Effective Visualization”, IEEE Visualization 2004, pp. 281288

Hao X, Baby T, Varshney A,“Interactive Subsurface Scattering for Translucent Meshes”, ACM Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics 2003, pp. 7582

Hao X, Varshney A, “Variable–Precision Rendering”, ACM Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics 2001, pp. 149158

Book Chapters

“Lewis's Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: A Comprehensive Textbook”, Andres Martin, Fred R. Volkmar (Editors), Fourth Edition (2007, ISBN: 0781762146), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, the section on Multimodal Magnetic Resonance Imaging.