Wouter Hoogkamer
Director, UMass Integrative Locomotion Lab
BIO
Wouter Hoogkamer, Ph.D. is an assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where he runs the Integrative Locomotion Laboratory (UMILL). He uses a comprehensive approach to study human locomotion, integrating neurophysiology, biomechanics and energetics.
Dr. Hoogkamer’s work covers the full health spectrum, from gait neuromechanics in individuals with cerebellar damage to running energetics in sub-elite marathon runners. His work on running shoes, cooperative drafting and course design might have played a tiny role in how Eliud Kipchoge broke the 2-hour marathon barrier. After obtaining master’s degrees in Civil Engineering and Human Movement Sciences in the Netherlands, he lived in Belgium (Ph.D.) and Colorado (post-doc).
Dr. Hoogkamer is passionate about mentoring students. He run-commutes most days of the week and hopes to (ever) run a sub 2:30h marathon (he might need better running shoes to achieve that).