Jonathan Matthis

Jonathan Matthis is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at Northeastern University. His research focuses on the interplay between biomechanics, visual perception, and motor control during natural human locomotion.

• Research Themes: Visual control of gait, optic flow analysis, terrain navigation, motion capture technology, and sensorimotor integration.
• Key Contributions: Development of the FreeMoCap open-source motion capture system; studies on retinal motion statistics, gaze-foot coupling, and decision-making in complex environments.
• Contact: j.matthis@northeastern.edu, Mugar Life Sciences Building, Boston, MA.

His work integrates eye tracking, motion capture, and photogrammetry to analyze how humans adapt to uneven terrain. Recent projects explore visual discriminability in Augmented Reality stepping tasks and phase-space planning methods for obstacle navigation.