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Staff members with discipline Sport Sciences

Academia develops at the interface of different fields. This is one reason why the University of Groningen is home to a wide range of fields, each with a great number of subject specialists. The overview below, which is based on a standard categorization of fields, will help you find the right expert for each field. If you cannot find the expert you are looking for in this list, try searching via a related field or faculty; you may find him or her there.

Overview of all disciplines

Musculoskeletal disorders in Sports-Orthopaedics
dr. I. (Inge) van den Akker-Scheek
Contact
i.scheek umcg.nl
+31 50 361 0549
Function
Associate Professor
Field / Discipline
Resilience, Overtraining, Monitoring Training, Quantifying Training Load, Load-Recovery balance, Injury prevention, Complex Dynamical Systems, Nonlinear Time-Series Analysis

J.J. (Jur) Brauers
Contact
j.j.brauers umcg.nl
Function
PhD
Field / Discipline
Sport Performance Optimization, Injury prevention, Overtraining, Monitoring training, Quantifying training load, Teamsport physiology, Stress-Recovery balance, Testing, Notational Analyses, Time-motion Analyses.
dr. M.S. (Michel) Brink
Contact
m.s.brink umcg.nl
Function
Sport Scientist (Associate Professor)
Field / Discipline
I am intrigued by the possibilities for learning and development that engaging in joint action can offer, which I study from a dynamical systems perspective. I investigate the process of discovering possibilities for action (affordances) within a social... read more
dr. L.S. (Laura) Cuijpers
Contact
l.s.cuijpers rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor
arthroscopic surgery / sports and exercise medicine / overuse injuries
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Contact
r.l.diercks umcg.nl
Function
Professor of clinical sports medicine
Field / Discipline
Talent identification and development in youth sports
dr. M.T. (Marije) Elferink-Gemser
Contact
m.t.elferink-gemser umcg.nl
Function
Lecturer
Field / Discipline
Dr. Carlo Ferri Marini is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Human Movement Sciences of the University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen. Before obtaining his PhD cum Laude at the University of Urbino, he studied at the... read more
dr. C. (Carlo) Ferri Marini
Contact
c.ferri.marini umcg.nl
+31 6 8655 0841
Function
Assistant Professor
Field / Discipline
talent development, sport psychology, complex systems, psychological momentum, resilience
prof. dr. J.R. (Ruud) den Hartigh
Contact
j.r.den.hartigh rug.nl
+31 50 36 39726
Function
Professor Talent Development, with a special focus on the sport and performance context
Field / Discipline
motor development / physical activity and cognition / physical activity and health / development of movement and lifestyle interventions / children and adolescents
dr. E. (Esther) Hartman
Contact
e.hartman umcg.nl
Function
Associate Professor
Human Movement Sciences: Movement, Aging and Health
dr. M.J.G. (Marieke) van Heuvelen
Contact
m.j.g.van.heuvelen umcg.nl
+31 50 361 6044
Function
Assistant professor
dr. S. (Suzanne) Houwen
Contact
s.houwen rug.nl
+31 50 36 39716
Function
Assistant Professor
Talent research in sports
B.C.H. (Barbara) Huijgen, PhD
Contact
b.c.h.huijgen rug.nl
+31 50 361 6059
Function
Researcher / Lecturer
Field / Discipline
Programme leader Sport Sciences Ma and Human Movement Sciences Ma of the Department of Human Movement Sciences, Leading Academic Teacher of the UMCG, coordinator of the Student Workplace, and project manager of the innovation projects in the Academic... read more
dr. H.G. (Helco) van Keeken
Contact
h.g.van.keeken umcg.nl
Function
Programme leader Sport Sciences Ma and Human Movement Sciences Ma, & Leading Academic Teacher UMCG
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Contact
m.kempe umcg.nl
Function
Assistant professor
Applied microeconometrics, Insurance economics, Non-life insurance models, Economics and econometrics of sports
prof. dr. R.H. (Ruud) Koning
Contact
r.h.koning rug.nl
+31 50 36 37192
Function
Professor by special appointment, sports economics (Mulierinstituut)
Sports, Performance, Training and Testing, Innovation
prof. dr. K.A.P.M. (Koen) Lemmink
Contact
k.a.p.m.lemmink umcg.nl
Function
Professor Sport Sciences and Head of Department Human Movement Sciences
Field / Discipline
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Contact
s.li03 umcg.nl
Function
Field / Discipline
Sportpsychology, Resilience, Within-Person Dynamics, Science of the Individual, Ergodicity, Ecological Momentary Assessment, Monitoring, Time Series Analysis, Dynamical Networks, Nonverbal Behavior, Emotions
N.D. (Niklas) Neumann, MSc
Contact
n.d.neumann rug.nl
+31 50 36 36487
Function
PhD Student Sportpsychology
Monitoring performance of endurance athletes
General human physiology
Exercise physiology
CPET testing
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Contact
t.a.otter umcg.nl
Function
Lecturer in human physiology
Field / Discipline
(perceptuo-)motor control and coordination, laterality, interpersonal coordination, joint action in sports, systems dynamics

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dr. H.J. (Harjo) de Poel
Contact
h.j.de.poel umcg.nl
Function
assistant professor
My research focusses on promotion of active and healthy aging through lifestyle in different settings and populations; ranging from prevention in the hospital to community engagement. I combine different research approaches (health, environmental, and... read more
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Contact
e.portegijs umcg.nl
+31 6 2565 1441
Function
Adjunct Professor, Rosalind Franklin Fellow, Human Movement Sciences
Sport science, sportpsychology, talent development, injury prevention, motor learning
K.T.H. (Koen) Rikken, MSc
Contact
k.t.h.rikken rug.nl
Function
PhD Student
Field / Discipline
Sport psychology and mental training
M. (Mark) Schuls, MSc
Contact
m.schuls rug.nl
Function
Teacher
Perception-action, perceptual-motor development, physical activity and cognition in children
dr. J. (Joanne) Smith
Contact
j.smith umcg.nl
Function
Assistant Professor
Motor learning
Biomechanics
Cyclic upper body exercise
Adapted sports
dr. R.J.K. (Riemer) Vegter
Contact
r.j.k.vegter umcg.nl
Function
Human Movement Sciences: Assistant Professor
Sport, learning and performance; talent development; sport and cognition
C. (Chris) Visscher
Contact
c.visscher rug.nl
Function
Head of department / Professor
Human Movement Sciences, Rehabilitation and Functional Recovery; restoration of mobility in persons with a spinal cord injury; wheeled mobility (wheelchair & handbike propulsion and technology); optimisation of cyclic exercise (upper body as well as... read more
prof. L.H.V. (Lucas) van der Woude
Contact
l.h.v.van.der.woude umcg.nl
Function
Professor Human Movement, Rehabilitation & Functional Recovery
Key words: public health, lifestyle medicine, physical activity, environmental exposure, mental health, children development, data science. Lu Yang holds a Bachelor of Medicine and a Master of Public Health from Nanjing Medical University, focusing on... read more
L. (Lu) Yang
Contact
l.yang umcg.nl
Function
PhD student
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Contact
f.t.j.m.zaal umcg.nl
Function
Associate Professor
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