Research Interests
Investigation of risk factors for injury or disability during the performance of goal-directed movements • Age-related and disease-related changes in postural control • Behavioral and neural mechanisms underlying postural and gait dysfunction in older adults with and without neurological disorders • Non-linear dynamical analysis of short and noisy time series data
Education
- Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2012
- M.S., Biomedical Engineering (Biomechanics Concentration), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2005
- B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, 2003
Additional Campus Affiliations
Teaching Associate Professor, Biomedical and Translational Sciences
Research Associate Professor, Kinesiology and Community Health
Teaching Associate Professor, Bioengineering
Affiliate, Center for Social & Behavioral Science
Affiliate, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
Recent Publications
Alkurdi, A., He, M., Cerna, J., Clore, J., Sowers, R., Hsiao-Wecksler, E. T., & Hernandez, M. E. (2025). Extending Anxiety Detection from Multimodal Wearables in Controlled Conditions to Real-World Environments. Sensors, 25(4), Article 1241. https://doi.org/10.3390/s25041241
Alkurdi, A., Clore, J., Sowers, R., Hsiao-Wecksler, E. T., & Hernandez, M. E. (2025). Resilience of Machine Learning Models in Anxiety Detection: Assessing the Impact of Gaussian Noise on Wearable Sensors. Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 15(1), Article 88. https://doi.org/10.3390/app15010088
Hernandez, M. E., Motl, R. W., Foley, F. W., Izzetoglu, M., Wagshul, M., & Holtzer, R. (2025). Comparison of practice-related changes in dual task walking performance and neural efficiency between older adults with progressive and relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, 93, Article 106224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msard.2024.106224
Hernandez, M. E., Holtzer, R., Izzetoglu, M., & Motl, R. W. (2025). The Use of Augmented Reality on a Self-Paced Treadmill to Quantify Attention and Footfall Placement Variability in Middle-Aged to Older-Aged Adults with Multiple Sclerosis. Sclerosis, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.3390/sclerosis3010003
Huang, L., Mo, P. C., Samadi, M., Shen, W. C., Yu, H., Hernandez, M., & Jan, Y. K. (2025). Wavelet Phase Coherence Analysis of Oxyhemoglobin and DeoxyHemoglobin Oscillations to Investigate the Relationship Between Cups of Cupping Therapy. Journal of Biophotonics, 18(1), Article e202400337. https://doi.org/10.1002/jbio.202400337