Richard van Emmerik is a professor in the department of Kinesiology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His research addresses coordination and control of human movement from a nonlinear and complex systems perspective. Major research interests focus on movement stability and adaptability and the role of variability in human movement. The research in his laboratory is integrative and focuses on the interaction between mechanical, neural and perceptual factors underlying the control of posture and gait from an Ecological and Complex Systems angle, with applications to rehabilitation and human factors. He is tan associate Director of the Center for Personalized Health Monitoring (CPHM) in the Institute of Applied Life Sciences at UMass Amherst. He is an active member of the National Academy of Kinesiology and serves on editorial boards for Motor Control, Human Movement Science and Kinesiology Review. His research has been supported by NIH, NSF, NASA, the Department of Defense, as well as several private foundations such as the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.