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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
- 2026-09-22 — New Publication: Energetic cost of weight shifting and asymmetric weight-bearing during standing in humans (Journal of Applied Physiology)
- 2026-08-01 — Started a new position as Visiting Researcher at the School of Kinesiology in the University of British Columbia (w. Jéan-Sebastien Blouin). I will be in Vancouver in September and October.
- 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.
Featured Projects
Asymmetry and energy expenditure during standing
Does our tendency to stand in highly asymmetric postures result from minimizing energy expenditure?
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?