Dr Samuel Antonio Montero Hernandez

Dr Samuel Antonio Montero Hernandez

School of Computer Science
Assistant Professor

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School of Computer Science
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Dr. Samuel Montero-Hernandez is Assistant Professor in the School of Computer Science at the University of Birmingham. He is part of the Perception, Language and Action research theme.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Computer Science, Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica, Optica y Electronica. Mexico. 2019
  • MSc in Computer Science, Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Superiores del Instituto Politecnico Nacional (CINVESTAV-IPN). Mexico. 2014
  • BEng in Computer Engineering, Insituto Tecnologico de Tapachula. Mexico. 2008

Biography

Dr. Samuel Montero-Hernandez obtained his PhD from Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica, Optica y Electronica (National Institute for Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics) in 2019.

He was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Houston from 2019 to 2023 in Dr Luca Pollinini’s lab where he designed techniques for assessing the signal quality and to examine functional brain activity in specific conditions using fNIRS.

In 2023 he joined Professor David Boas group as postdoctoral associate investigating the functional connectivity networks from resting-state.

He also has expertise in developing algorithms for causal discovery and machine learning (including neural networks and evolutionary algorithms for optimization).

Research

  • Functional and effective brain connectivity.
  • Causal discovery algorithms.
  • Optical neuroimaging analysis.

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Sorkpor, SK, Montero-Hernandez, S, Miao, H, Pollonini, L & Ahn, H 2023, 'Assessing the impact of preferred web app-based music-listening on pain processing at the central nervous level in older black adults with low back pain: An fNIRS study', Geriatric Nursing, vol. 54, pp. 135-143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2023.09.005

Gorniak, SL, Wagner, VE, Vaughn, K, Perry, J, Cox, LG, Hibino, H, Montero-Hernandez, SA, Hernandez, AE & Pollonini, L 2023, 'Functional near infrared spectroscopy detects cortical activation changes concurrent with memory loss in postmenopausal women with Type II Diabetes', Experimental Brain Research, vol. 241, no. 6, pp. 1555-1567. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-023-06581-1

Hernández-Román, J, Montero-Hernández, S, Vega, R, Orihuela-Espina, F & Soto, E 2023, 'Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation Activates the Parietal and Temporal Cortex in Humans: A functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) Study.', European Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 58, no. 1, pp. 2267-2277. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.16041

Montero-Hernandez, S, Pollonini, L, Park, L, Martorella, G, Miao, H, Mathis, KB & Ahn, H 2023, 'Self-administered transcranial direct current stimulation treatment of knee osteoarthritis alters pain-related fNIRS connectivity networks', Neurophotonics, vol. 10, no. 1, 015011. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.NPh.10.1.015011

Li, X, Lipschutz, R, Hernandez, SM, Biekman, B, Shen, S, Montgomery, DA, Perlman, SB, Pollonini, L & Bick, J 2021, 'Links between socioeconomic disadvantage, neural function, and working memory in early childhood', Developmental Psychobiology, vol. 63, no. 6, e22181. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.22181

Ahn, H, Galle, K, Mathis, KB, Miao, H, Montero-Hernandez, S, Jackson, N, Ju, H-H, McCrackin, H, Goodwin, C, Hargraves, A, Jain, B, Dinh, H, Abdul-Mooti, S, Park, L & Pollonini, L 2020, 'Feasibility and efficacy of remotely supervised cranial electrical stimulation for pain in older adults with knee osteoarthritis: A randomized controlled pilot study', Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, vol. 77, pp. 128-133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2020.05.003

Pollonini, L, Montero-Hernandez, S, Park, L, Miao, H, Mathis, K & Ahn, H 2020, 'Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy to Assess Central Pain Responses in a Nonpharmacologic Treatment Trial of Osteoarthritis', Journal of Neuroimaging, vol. 30, no. 6, pp. 808-814. < https://doi.org/10.1111/jon.12782>

Casillas-Figueroa, R, Morán, AL, Meza-Kubo, V, Ramírez-Fernández, C, Acosta-Quiroz, C, Orihuela-Espina, F & Montero-Hernandez, S 2020, 'ReminiScentia: shaping olfactory interaction in a personal space for multisensory stimulation therapy', Personal and Ubiquitous Computing. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-020-01468-2

Montero-Hernández, SA, Orihuela-Espina, F, Sucar, LE, Pinti, P, Hamilton, A, Burgess, P & Tachtsidis, I 2018, 'Estimating Functional Connectivity Symmetry between Oxy- and Deoxy-Haemoglobin: Implications for fNIRS Connectivity Analysis', Algorithms, vol. 11, no. 5, 70. https://doi.org/10.3390/a11050070

Chapter (peer-reviewed)

Orihuela-Espina, F, Rojas-Cisneros, M, Montero-Hernández, SA, García-Salinas, JS, Cuervo-Soto, B & Herrera-Vega, J 2022, Physics augmented classification of fNIRS signals. in Biosignal Processing and Classification Using Computational Learning and Intelligence: Principles, Algorithms, and Applications. Elsevier, pp. 375-405. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-820125-1.00031-2

Conference contribution

Rojas-Cisneros, M, Orihuela-Espina, F & Montero Hernandez, S 2021, Analysis in the broader, medium, and narrow autism phenotypes using fNIRS. in Optics and the Brain, BRAIN 2021., BW4B.4, Optics and the Brain, OSA - The Optical Society, Optics and the Brain, BRAIN 2021 - Part of Biophotonics Congress: Optics in the Life Sciences 2021, Virtual, Online, United States, 12/04/21.

Burgess, A, Hernandez, SM, Li, X, Bick, J & Pollonini, L 2021, Correlation between socioeconomic disadvantage in preschool children and brain organization: a functional NIRS connectivity study. in Biophotonics Congress 2021 OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 2021): Optics and the Brain 2021., BW4B-5, Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA), Biophotonics Congress 2021, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 12/04/21. https://doi.org/10.1364/BRAIN.2021.BW4B.5

Vallenilla, NA, Montero-Hernandez, S, Ahn, H, Miao, H & Pollonini, L 2021, Hemodynamic Response Function from Osteoarthritic Pain using functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy. in Biophotonics Congress 2021 OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 2021): Bio-Optics: Design and Application 2021., JTu4A-32, Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA), Biophotonics Congress 2021, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 12/04/21. https://doi.org/10.1364/BODA.2021.JTu4A.32

Hernandez, SM & Pollonini, L 2020, NIRSplot: A Tool for Quality Assessment of fNIRS Scans. in Biophotonics Congress: Biomedical Optics 2020 (Translational, Microscopy, OCT, OTS, BRAIN)., BM2C-5, Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA). <https://opg.optica.org/abstract.cfm?URI=BRAIN-2020-BM2C.5>

Doctoral Thesis

Montero-Hernandez, S 2019, 'Learning causal probabilistic graphical models and their application to the analysis of effective connectivity from functional near infrared spectroscopy', Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica (INAOE). <http://inaoe.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1009/1605>

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