About
I am a Senior Research Scientist at Meta Reality Labs, where I develop machine learning systems for neuromotor interfaces—recently leading development of gesture recognition models for the Meta Neural Band. Previously, I was an early member of the team at CTRL-labs, a neurotechnology start-up acquired by Meta in 2019.
Prior to joining industry, I earned a PhD from Stanford University as an NSF Graduate Research Fellow, working with Vijay Pande on statistical modeling of protein folding. My research interests span signal processing and representation learning—with applications from molecular dynamics to brain-computer interfaces.
Publications
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Title Author(s) Journal Citations Year 1 MDTraj: a modern, open library for the analysis of molecular dynamics trajectories R McGibbon, KA Beauchamp, C Schwantes, ... Biorxiv 2063 2014 2 Markov State Models Provide Insights into Dynamic Modulation of Protein Function D Shukla, CX Hernández, J Weber, ... Accounts of Chemical Research 253 2015 3 MSMBuilder: Statistical Models for Biomolecular Dynamics M Harrigan, MM Sultan, CX Hernández, ... Biorxiv 249 2016 4 Variational encoding of complex dynamics. CX Hernández, H Wayment-Steele, MM Sultan, ... arXiv 149 2017 5 A generic non-invasive neuromotor interface for human-computer interaction P Kaifosh, TR Reardon, BD Allen, ... Nature 62 2025 6 Osprey: Hyperparameter Optimization for Machine Learning R McGibbon, CX Hernández, M Harrigan, ... Journal of Open Source Software 38 2016 7 Using Deep Learning for Segmentation and Counting within Microscopy Data CX Hernández, MM Sultan, V Pande arXiv 36 2018 8 MDEntropy: Information-Theoretic Analyses for Molecular Dynamics CX Hernández, V Pande Journal of Open Source Software 16 2017 9 MSMExplorer: Data Visualizations for Biomolecular Dynamics CX Hernández, M Harrigan, MM Sultan, ... Journal of Open Source Software 12 2017 10 Kinetic Machine Learning Unravels Ligand-Directed Conformational Change of μ Opioid Receptor EN Feinberg, A Farimani, CX Hernández, ... Biorxiv 10 2017 11 Modelling Intrinsically Disordered Protein Dynamics as Networks of Transient Secondary Structure H Wayment-Steele, CX Hernández, V Pande Biorxiv 4 2018 12 Understanding the Origins of a Pandemic Virus CX Hernández, J Chan, H Khiabanian, ... arXiv 2 2011
Software
Photography
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