Current Members

Lab Director

Manuel Enrique Hernandez

Assistant Professor

View Manuel’s profile on Kinesiology and Community Health or experts.illinois.edu.

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

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

Graduate Students

Jonathan Cerna
Liran Ziegelman
Maoyuan (Maxine) He

Undergraduate Students

Bryant Jiang, Kinesiology and Community Health
Gary Mei, Kinesiology and Community Health
Alexander Chang, Bioengineering
Ashley Saju, General Studies
Mohammed Alnemer, Computer Engineering
Mehar Singh, Computer Science
Jay Malavia, Informatics
Chase Veto (SPARK)
Jinyu Yang, Computer Science
Jingyang Ye, Computer Science
Bozhang (Kenneth) Chen, Computer Science
Jialin He, Computer Science
Yiyang Huang
Audrey Rexford, Kinesiology and Community Health
Audrey Schiro, Kinesiology and Community Health
Ada Chen, Informatics
Hadley So, Informatics
Kane Rubel, Informatics
Prakhar Gupta, Computer Engineering
Chengrui Wu
Zhicong Zhang
Olivia Wilken, Kinesiology and Community Health
Georgia Kapetaneas
Katie Petersen
Riya Patel

MFPRL Alumni

Graduate Students

Gioella Chaparro, Effects of aerobic fitness on dual task walking in older adults
Andrew Hua, A novel inertial measurement unit-based device for capturing upper extremity biomechanics
Alka Bishnoi, Effects of heart rate reserve on instrumented trail walking in middle aged to older aged adults
Yang Hu, Effects of Tai chi on neural activities and postural control while standing in older adults
Lingjun Chen, (MS in Kinesiology and Community Health)
Janhvi Andhale, (MS in Kinesiology and Community Health)
Apurva Amritkar, (MS in Informatics)
Prithvi Prakash, (MS in Informatics)
Akshat Gupta, (MS in Informatics)
Abraham Vandali, (MS in Informatics)
Sharae Lonia Lemoine, (MS in Health Administration)

International Graduate Mentoring Program

Qiqi Shen
Junqing Wang
Lian Wang
Shuo Yang
Jing Zhang

Researchers Initiative

Sanjana Sastry
Carolyn Simon
Apurva Sanagavarapu

Research Assistant

Saurin Parikh
Clarence Lee
Neil Kelekar
Mariana Gonzalez

Undergraduate Students

Libo Xu, Statistics

Achintya Sanjay, Informatics

Anwesha Mishra, Informatics

Carson Benigno, Informatics

Maddie Wilkinson, Kinesiology and Community Health

Zijing Wei, Computer Science

Bohan Liu, Computer Science

Yu He, Computer Science

Franklyn Wu, Bioengineering

Riya Kini, Integrative Biology

Eunice Kim, Kinesiology and Community Health

Neal Tinaikar, Mechanical Science & Engineering

Vani Sharma, Molecular and Cellular Biology

Aditya Nair, Psychology

Lingxiao Mou, Computer Engineering

Kechao Tang, Kinesiology and Community Health

Rose Grimm, Kinesiology and Community Health

Kaiya Bernard, Kinesiology and Community Health

Reema Thakkar, Kinesiology and Community Health

Krishna Subbiah, Finance

Meghna Shankar, Kinesiology and Community Health

Isabella Brookshier, Interdisciplinary Health Sciences

Ryu Okubo, General studies

Gekai (Arthur) Liao, Mechanical Science & Engineering

Luqi Zhao, Kinesiology and Community Health

Nicole Cho, Molecular and Cellular Biology

Carter Livergood, Molecular and Cellular Biology

Grace Hubberty, Bioengineering

Conor Cook, Kinesiology and Community Health

Ammara Qureshi, Molecular and Cellular Biology

Siwen Wang, Systems Engineering and Design

Krishna Patel,Kinesiology and Community Health

Tina Kong, Computer Science and Mathematics

Edward Sung, Informatics

Kerim Lakota, Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Tejaswini Govindaraman, Bioengineering

Megha Mattikali, Computer Science

Andong Jing, Computer Science

Xiao Ye, Computer Science

Jiamin Zhu, Computer Engineering

Lingxiao Mou, Computer Engineering

Maxim Korolkov, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Daniel Ahn, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Xinyi Lai, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Hyun Oh, Kinesiology and Community Health

Joe Boyce, Materials Science and Engineering

Joseph Sim, Mechanical Science & Engineering

Eddie Wang,Mechanical Science & Engineering

Jessica Yoon,Mechanical Science & Engineering

Conrad Ku, Mechanical Science & Engineering

Simon Addo, Systems Engineering and Design

Austin Lu, Systems Engineering and Design

Zain Adhami, Chemical Engineering

Marisa Ascencio, Kinesiology and Community Health

Arjun Arun, Computer Science

Alison Chan, Psychology

Julie Chen, Kinesiology and Community Health

Min Chen, Interdisciplinary Health Science

Wilian Delgado, Kinesiology and Community Health

Mia DeTella, Molecular and Cellular Biology

Delaney Durst, Molecular and Cellular Biology

Mohammed Faizal, Computer Science

Yifan Gao, Psychology

Vivian Chay, Kinesiology and Community Health

Matthew Georges, Kinesiology and Community Health

Minjae Gil, Informatics

Lia Godinez, Integrative Health

Xinyi Guo, Computer Engineering

Despina Hadjiagapiou, Molecular and Cellular Biology

Jieshu (Jessica) Huang, Computer Science

Cecilia Kattan, Interdisciplinary Health Science

Dena Kontos, Kinesiology and Community Health

Yoshihiro Koyake, Materials Science and Engineering

Nikola Koziol, Integrative Biology

Nikhil Krishnan, Materials Science and Engineering

Heather Lalla, Speech and Hearing Science

Kathryn Lee, Materials Science and Engineering

Mae Leef, Molecular and Cellular Biology

Deng Li, Computer Science

Geri Lyu, Kinesiology and Community Health

Palack Mahajan, Kinesiology and Community Health

Jerold Macaya, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Psychology

Thomas Macheras, Computer Science

Marie-Laure Mbi, Biology

Alyssa Masangkay, Kinesiology and Community Health

Madeline McDevitt, Molecular and Cellular Biology

Joseph Nangachiveetil, Psychology

Erin O’Donnell, Kinesiology and Community Health

Veronica Passarelli, Molecular and Cellular Biology

Claire Pavlis, General Studies

Larisa Piton, Integrative Biology

Ryan Prais, Kinesiology and Community Health

Nancy Ramirez-Blancas, Psychology

Harish Ravisankar, Informatics

Zhian Ruan, Informatics

Shruthii Sathyanarayanan, Computer Engineering

Nathan Scamper, Mechanical Science and Engineering

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Molecular and Cellular Biology

Shruti Shah, Molecular and Cellular Biology

Samantha Silverstein, Molecular and Cellular Biology

Devashish Singh, Molecular and Cellular Biology

William Stein, Kinesiology and Community Health

Rongyi Sun, Molecular and Cellular Biology

Kelley Tran, Molecular and Cellular Biology

Josephine Tsang, Molecular and Cellular Biology

Abel Verghese, Molecular and Cellular Biology

Rachel Walker, Bioengineering

Jessica Wcislo, Molecular and Cellular Biology

Marissa Wilko, Chemistry

James Yang, Computer Science

Ziyue (Brad) Yang, Computer Science

SPARK

Lauren Penick
Matthew Lifka