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I'm a PhD student at the Sensorimotor Neuroscience and Biorobotics Lab in Erasmuc MC (Rotterdam). My work focuses on human movement and learning through the lens of robotics, biomechanics, and neuroscience. Before doing my PhD I studied Mechanical Engineering at TU Delft, where we designed a wheelchair that could be pushed from the side.
News
- 2026-07-09 — New Publication: The energetic cost of human standing balance and gait initiation over a range of natural postures (PLOS Computational Biology)
- 2026-05-15 — Our EEG paper was featured on the cover of the Journal of Physiology with Daphne Jansen's artwork, covered in a Perspective, and highlighted as Editor's choice.
- 2026-04-13 — The first edition of the NeuroRobotics course for the MSc Neuroscience Erasmus MC starts on April 13.
- 2026-04-02 — Ralf Rienks has successfully defended his MSc thesis on energy expenditure and electrical vestibular stimulation!
- 2026-02-26 — New Publication: Cortical responses to balance perturbations persist without active postural control (The Journal of Physiology)
Featured Projects
Energetic optimization in standing and gait initiation
Are balance and gait intitiation driven by a minimization of energy expenditure?
Cortical responses to balance perturbations persist without active postural control
Do cortical balance responses, such as the Balance N1, really depend on balance?
Learning reversed postural control
Can humans relearn (and unlearn) how to stand when we completely reverse their control over balancing movement?