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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
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i.scheek umcg.nl
+31 50 361 0549
Function
Associate Professor
Field / Discipline
Profound intellectual and multiple disabilities and Motor activation, Dementia and Physical activity
drs. H.J.M. (Leentje) van Alphen
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h.j.m.van.alphen rug.nl
+31 50 36 33146
Function
Resilience, Overtraining, Monitoring Training, Quantifying Training Load, Load-Recovery balance, Injury prevention, Complex Dynamical Systems, Nonlinear Time-Series Analysis

J.J. (Jur) Brauers
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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
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m.s.brink umcg.nl
Function
Sport Scientist (universitair docent)
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 system, by integrating theory and methodology from movement sciences and psychology in embodied naturalistic tasks.

For more information, please visit: www.drlauracuijpers.com

Coordination dynamics || Motor Development and learning || Sport Sciences
dr. L.S. (Laura) Cuijpers
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l.s.cuijpers rug.nl
Function
Assistant Professor
arthroscopic surgery / sports and exercise medicine / overuse injuries
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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
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m.t.elferink-gemser umcg.nl
Function
Lecturer
Field / Discipline
talent development, sport psychology, complex systems, psychological momentum, resilience
dr. J.R. (Ruud) den Hartigh
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j.r.den.hartigh rug.nl
+31 50 36 39726
Function
Associate Professor Talent Development & Creativity
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
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e.hartman umcg.nl
Function
Associate Professor
Human Movement Sciences: Movement, Aging and Health
dr. M.J.G. (Marieke) van Heuvelen
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m.j.g.van.heuvelen umcg.nl
+31 50 361 6044
Function
Assistant professor
dr. S. (Suzanne) Houwen
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s.houwen rug.nl
+31 50 36 39716
Function
Assistant Professor
Talent research in sports
B.C.H. (Barbara) Huijgen, PhD
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b.c.h.huijgen rug.nl
+31 50 361 6059
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Researcher / Lecturer
Field / Discipline
Leading Academic Teacher of the Department of Human Movement Sciences of the UMCG, coordinator of the HMS Skills lab and Student Workplace, and project manager of the innovation projects in the Academic Workplace learning community.
dr. H.G. (Helco) van Keeken
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h.g.van.keeken umcg.nl
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Assistant professor, Leading Academic Teacher HMS
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m.kempe umcg.nl
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Assistant professor
Applied microeconometrics, Insurance economics, Non-life insurance models, Economics and econometrics of sports
prof. dr. R.H. (Ruud) Koning
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r.h.koning rug.nl
+31 50 36 37192
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Professor
Sports, performance and innovation
prof. dr. K.A.P.M. (Koen) Lemmink
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k.a.p.m.lemmink umcg.nl
Function
Professor Sports, performance and innovation and head of center human movement sciences
Field / Discipline
dr. R. (Remo) Mombarg
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r.mombarg rug.nl
+31 6 2240 6269
Function
lecturer/researcher
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
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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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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

see a list of publications
dr. H.J. (Harjo) de Poel
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h.j.de.poel umcg.nl
Function
assistant professor
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e.portegijs umcg.nl
+31 6 2565 1441
Function
Associate Professor, Rosalind Franklin Fellow, Human Movement Sciences
Sport psychology and mental training
M. (Mark) Schuls, MSc
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m.schuls rug.nl
Function
Teacher
Field / Discipline
Perception-action, perceptual-motor development, physical activity and cognition in children
dr. J. (Joanne) Smith
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j.smith umcg.nl
Function
Assistant Professor
Motor learning
Biomechanics
Cyclic upper body exercise
Adapted sports
dr. R.J.K. (Riemer) Vegter
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r.j.k.vegter umcg.nl
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Human Movement Sciences: Assistant Professor
Sport, learning and performance; talent development; sport and cognition
C. (Chris) Visscher
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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 walking); ergonomics of assistive technology; sports & handicap; organizer of different international congress events
prof. L.H.V. (Lucas) van der Woude
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l.h.v.van.der.woude umcg.nl
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Professor Human Movement, Rehabilitation & Functional Recovery
L. (Lu) Yang
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l.yang umcg.nl
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dr. ir. F.T.J.M. (Frank) Zaal
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f.t.j.m.zaal umcg.nl
Function
Associate Professor
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