Knoek van Soest

Knoek van Soest is an Assistant Professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, affiliated with the Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, the Biomechanics department, and the IBBA and AMS-Sports institutes. His research focuses on biomechanics, muscle mechanics, and computational modeling of movement across species and sports contexts.

• Research interests include animal locomotion (birds/dinosaurs), human sports performance, and paleobiomechanics.
• Contributed to studies on Tyrannosaurus rex gait, swimming biomechanics, and rowing blade efficiency.

He has supervised 8 PhD theses and maintains editorial roles in journals like Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. Collaborates internationally with paleontologists and sports scientists. Active in open-access publishing and dataset sharing via platforms like figshare.