Katherine Poggensee

Katherine Poggensee is a Researcher at Erasmus MC (Rehabilitation Medicine) and holds an external position at Mechanical Engineering, Technische Universiteit Delft. She earned her PhD from Stanford University and focuses on human-in-the-loop optimization for rehabilitation robotics.

• Educated at Stanford University (PhD)

Her research integrates biomechanics and robotics to improve assistive technologies. Key projects involve exoskeletons, wheelchair design, and haptic interfaces. Publications in Nature, PLoS ONE, and Frontiers in Robotics and AI highlight her work on motor learning and energy cost reduction.

Recent work emphasizes user participation in rehabilitation technology development and real-time adaptive systems for human-robot interaction.

• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (2023)