Luis Hernandez-Nunez

Luis Hernandez-Nunez is a Lecturer in the Department of Biology at Stanford University. His research focuses on organism-wide circuits for brain-body interactions and circuit mechanisms underlying multi-organ feedback control. Hernandez-Nunez leads the Hernandez-Nunez Lab at Stanford, where he investigates heart-brain interactions and organismal circuits that implement multiorgan coordination. He obtained his Ph.D. in Systems, Synthetic, and Quantitative Biology from Harvard in 2020, following undergraduate and postbac research at Yale University under Thierry Emonet. Before graduate school, he studied mechatronics engineering at the National University of Engineering in Peru.

Luis Hernandez-Nunez is a Tenure-Track Professor at Stanford University, specializing in Integrative Physiology, Brain-Body Interactions, Systems Neuroscience, and Control Theory. His research explores the neural mechanisms underlying sensory processing, behavioral dynamics, and physiological control systems. Using advanced techniques such as optogenetics, reverse-correlation analysis, and whole-brain imaging, he investigates how sensory inputs shape behavior and how neural circuits regulate physiological functions like cardiac control and thermoregulation. His work spans from invertebrates like Drosophila to vertebrates such as zebrafish, focusing on the interplay between internal states and sensory processing. Hernandez-Nunez's research bridges computational modeling and experimental neuroscience to uncover the principles of neural control and adaptability.