Staff Profile

Qualifications

• PhD in Computational Neuroscience
• PGDip in Cloud Computing for Big Data, Newcastle University, 2020.
• BSc in Mathematics (First Class Honours), Heriot-Watt University, 2019.

Area of expertise: cortical morphometry, structural imaging, data science

Current research

I am currently working on projects that develop multiscale descriptions of cortical morphology and normative models of morphometric features. I apply these approaches to investigate healthy ageing and epilepsy using structural MRI.

Research interests

• Cortical morphometry
• Fractal geometry
• Epilepsy
• Epilepsy surgery
• Normative modelling
• Machine learning & deep learning in neuroimaging

• Articles

  • Taylor PN, Wang Y, Simpson C, Janiukstyte V, Horsley J, Leiberg K, Little B, Clifford H, Adler S, Vos SB, Winston GP, McEvoy AW, Miserocchi A, de Tisi J, Duncan JS. The Imaging Database for Epilepsy And Surgery (IDEAS). Epilepsia 2025, 66(2), 471-481.
  • Leiberg K, Blattner T, Little B, Mello VBB, de Moraes FHP, Rummel C, Taylor PN, Mota B, Wang Y. Multiscale cortical morphometry reveals pronounced regional and scale-dependent variations across the lifespan. Cerebral Cortex 2025, 35(6), bhaf154.
  • Smith BC, Thornton C, Stirling RE, Besne GM, Gascoigne SJ, Evans N, Taylor PN, Leiberg K, Karoly PJ, Wang Y. More variable circadian rhythms in epilepsy captured by long-term heart rate recordings from wearable sensors. Epilepsia 2025, 66(8), 2754-2765.
  • Little B, Alyas N, Surtees A, Winston GP, Duncan JS, Cousins DA, Taylor J-P, Taylor P, Leiberg K, Wang Y. Brain morphology normative modelling platform for abnormality and centile estimation: Brain MoNoCle. Imaging Neuroscience 2025, 3, imag_a_00438.
  • Horsley J, Wang Y, Simpson C, Janiukstyte V, Leiberg K, Little B, de Tisi J, Duncan J, Taylor PN. Status epilepticus and thinning of the entorhinal cortex. Epilepsy and Behavior 2024, 160, 110016.
  • Wang Y, Leiberg K, Kindred N, Madan CR, Poirier C, Petkov CI, Taylor PN, Mota B. Neuro-evolutionary evidence for a universal fractal primate brain shape. eLife 2024, 12, RP92080.
  • Leiberg K, de Tisi J, Duncan JS, Little B, Taylor PN, Vos SB, Winston GP, Mota B, Wang Y. Effects of anterior temporal lobe resection on cortical morphology. Cortex 2023, 166, 233-242.
  • Wang Y, Leiberg K, Ludwig T, Little B, Necus JH, Winston G, Vos SB, Tisi JD, Duncan JS, Taylor PN, Mota B. Independent components of human brain morphology. NeuroImage 2021, 226, 117546.