Martin Gevonden

Dr. Martin Gevonden is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Department of Biological Psychology at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He also holds appointments in the APH - Mental Health and APH - Personalized Medicine units. He is the Director of VU - Ambulatory Monitoring Solution, a company focusing on ambulatory health monitoring technologies. His research focuses on psychophysiological mechanisms of stress and trauma, wearable sensor technologies, and autonomic nervous system reactivity in clinical populations.

His expertise includes heart rate variability analysis, stress biomarkers, and the development of ambulatory monitoring systems. He teaches courses on Psychophysiological Measurements, Analyses Toolbox, and Behaviour and the Brain part 1: Addiction. Current research projects include ambulatory recording of autonomic nervous system activity and its health implications, as well as the effect of fitness on stress reactivity.

Key research themes include posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), wearable sensor validation, and machine learning applications in physiological signal analysis. His work bridges clinical psychology, biomedical engineering, and public health, with a focus on translating physiological insights into practical monitoring tools.

Dr. Gevonden has supervised one PhD thesis and is actively involved in interdisciplinary collaborations, contributing to global health initiatives such as studies in Nepal, Colombia, and South Africa. His publications emphasize methodological rigor in wearable technology validation and the ecological validity of stress assessment methods.