Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Chair of Training and Movement Sciences

The Department of Training- and Movement Sciences consists of an intercultural and interdisciplinary team. Employees of different nationalities are working together in teaching and in the current international sports science research. In addition to the skills in training science, biomechanics and motor functions further skills from the disciplines of biology, physics and computer science are found in the department.

Chair
	Univ.-Prof. Dr. Adamantios Arampatzis
	E-Mail: a.arampatzis@hu-berlin.de
	Phone: +49 30 2093-46047
Secretary
	Irina Nikolai
	E-Mail: irina.nikolai@hu-berlin.de
	Phone: +49 30 2093-46045
Academic staff
	Dr. Sebastian Bohm
	E-Mail: sebastian.bohm@hu-berlin.de
	Phone: +49 30 2093-46010
	Christos Theodorakis
	E-Mail: theodchr@hu-berlin.de
	Phone: +49 30 2093-46124
	Dr. Falk Mersmann
	E-Mail: falk.mersmann@hu-berlin.de
	Phone: +49 30 2093-46007
	Dr. Arno Schroll
	E-Mail: Arno.Schroll@hu-berlin.de
	Phone: +49 30 2093-46021
	Kolja Weidlich
	E-Mail: kolja.weidlich@hu-berlin.de
	Phone: +49 30 2093-46050
	Lukas Fischer
	E-Mail: lukas.fischer@hu-berlin.de
	Phone: +49 30 2093-46051
	Meng-Shiuan Tsai
	E-Mail: meng-shiuan.tsai@hu-berlin.de
	Phone: +49 30 2093-46048
	Theresa Domroes
	E-Mail: theresa.domroes@hu-berlin.de
	Phone: +49 30 2093-46050
	Zhenya Smirnov
	E-Mail: zhenya.smirnov@hu-berlin.de
	Phone: +49 30 2093-46253
	Dennis Mehley
	E-Mail: dennis.mehley@hu-berlin.de
	Phone: +49 30 2093-46253
	Morteza Ghasemi
	E-Mail: morteza.ghasemi@hu-berlin.de
	Phone: +49 30 2093-46124
	Ahlam Adel Abdalla
	E-Mail: ahlam.adel.abdalla@student.hu-berlin.de
	Phone: +49 30 2093-46048
Student assistants
	Charlotte Venzke
	E-Mail: charlotte.venzke.1@hu-berlin.de
	Phone: +49 30 2093-46037
	Johanna Röttig
	E-Mail:
	Phone: +49 30 2093-46037
	Leon Grunow
	E-Mail:leon.grunow@student.hu-berlin.de
	Phone: +49 30 2093-46037
	Finn Krause
	E-Mail:finn.krause@student.hu-berlin.de
	Phone: +49 30 2093-46037
Former members
Gerhart Bayer
Elena Bay
Stefanie Bierbaum
Leon Brüll
Henning Budde
Georgios Charcharis
Ralf Dietrich
Antonis Ekizos
Johannes Frank
Azza Hamed
Lars Janshen
Mohamadreza Kharazi
Roswitha Krause
Florian Kugler
Gunnar Laube
Martin Mandla-Liebsch
Robert Marzilger
Maria Moreno Catalá
Victor Munoz-Martel
Fyllis Papatzika
Andreas Peper
Nikolaos Pentidis
Kim Kristin Peper
Martina Piotrowski
Goran Radovanović
Willi Rinke
Alessandro Santuz
Carolin Schulz
Ali Sharifnezhad
Christian Trümper
Theresa Domroes

Chair of department 

Telefon: +49 30 209346010
Email: sebastian.bohm@hu-berlin.de
Room: 1.31, Philippstraße 13, Haus 11

 

Sebastian Bohm is scientific employee in the department of training and movement sciences since 2011. After his sport science studies at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 2011 and engagement as sport therapist he graduated as PhD in 2015.

The main focus of his research is on muscle-tendon interaction and mechanics during human locomotion and the effect of adaptation. He is leader of the work group:

Muscle-tendon interaction and mechanics

Photo: Sebastian Bohm

Phone: +49 30 209346010

Phone: +49 30 209346007

Photo: Tanja Barthels

Phone: +49(0)30 2093-46051
Email: Lukas Fischer
Adress: Philippstraße 13, building 11, room 1.24

Lukas Fischer is scientific employee in the department of training and movement sciences. After his sport science studies at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and engagement as a student assistant, he is currently working as a PhD student.

His research is funded by the DFG and focuses on motor control of the trunk in the presence of low back pain. As a part of an interdisciplinary research team around the Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin his research is adressing the mechanics, morphology and motion of the spine.

Phone: +49 30 2093   46050
Email: theresa.domroes@hu-berlin.de
Room 1.30, Philippstraße 13, Haus 11

Theresa Domroes graduated in sports science at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. From 2018 to 2020 she worked as student assistant in the Department of Training and Movement Sciences. In her bachelor thesis she investigated the influence of the force-length potential of the soleus muscle on running economy, in her master thesis she investigated the relationship between the mechanical and morphological properties of the patellar tendon in adolescent athletes.

Since 2020 she is working as a research assistant in the Department Training and Movement Sciences. Her current research is focused on individualized training control through differentiated diagnosis of muscle and tendon in adolescent athletes.

Photo: Theresa Domroes

Phone: +49 30 2093-46048

Email: meng-shiuan.tsai@hu-berlin.de

Room 1.20 , Philippstraße 13, House 11

Meng-Shiuan Tsai received her MSc in Physical Therapy at the National Cheng Kung University in Tainan, Taiwan in 2014, and worked as a clinical physical therapist specialized in the musculoskeletal system and sports injuries. Her research focuses on Biomechanics, Orthopedics, and Sports Medicine. She is currently a PhD student at the Department of Training and Movement Sciences, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, researching the effect of training frequency and volume on the adaptation of the tendon.

Telefon: +49 30 209346124
Email: theodchr@hu-berlin.de
Sitz: Raum 1.33, Philippstraße 13, Haus 11

Christos Theodorakis has a BSc in Physics from the University of Crete and holds a Master of Science in Physics from Imperial College, London.

In June 2019 he has joined the Department of Training and Movement Sciences at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin as a PhD candidate on Biomechanics. His work focuses on the understanding the neuromuscular and musculotendinous interaction during perturbed locomotion.

Phone: +49 30 209346050
Email: kolja.weidlich@hu-berlin.de
Room 1.30, Philippstraße 13, Haus 25

Kolja Weidlich graduated in sports science at the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin. From 2016 to 2020 he worked as a student assistant in the Department of Training and Movement Sciences. In his thesis, he investigated the mechanics of the knee joint (Bachelor) and the relationship between the mechanical and structural properties of the tendon in adolescent athletes (Master).

Since 2020 he works as a research assistant in the Department Training and Movement Sciences and is dedicated to individualized training control through differentiated diagnosis of muscle and tendon.

Photo: Tanja Barthels

Phone: +49 30 209346253
Email: dennis.mehley@hu-berlin.de
Room: 1.28, Philippstraße 13, Haus 11

Dennis Mehley is a scientific employee in the department of training and movement sciences. He did his masters degree in Sport Science and his Bachelor degree in Sport Science and Physics at Humboldt-University of Berlin. He worked as an assistant in research and teaching and is currently a PhD student in the department. His research focuses on perturbed locomotion.

He was involved in the Sports Science student board and worked as a trainer.

Photo: Dennis Mehley

Phone: +49 30 209346037
Email: leon.grunow@student.hu-berlin.de
Room: 1.01, Philippstraße 13, Haus 11

Leon Grunow studies sport science as mono master at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Since May 2022 he is working as a student assistent in the Department of Training and Movement Sciences.

Besides his studies he likes to participate in team sport such as basketball or volleyball but also gymnastics.

Photo: Lukas Hauser

Phone: +49 30 209346037
Email: charlotte.venzke.1@hu-berlin.de
Room: 1.01, Philippstraße 13, Haus 11

Charlotte Venzke studies Sport Science at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Since Juli 2022 she is working as a student assistant in the Department of Training and Movement Sciences. Besides muscle-tendon-interacton and -plasticity Charlotte is interested in signal transduction of muscles and tendons and the influence of the menstrual cycle on sport performance.

Besides her studies, Charlotte is interested in coding and the basics of programming.

Photo: Charlotte Venzke

Phone: +49 30 209346253
Email: zhenya.smirnov@hu-berlin.de
Room: 1.28, Philippstraße 13, building 11

Zhenya Smirnov obtained a specialist's degree (equivalent to M.Sc.) in mathematics at Saint Petersburg State University in 2011. Being interested in endurance sports and biomechanics, Zhenya got swim and triathlon coach certificates and completed an internship in Prague. After a few years of working as a coach and later moving to Germany, Zhenya earned a bachelor's degree in movement science at the University of Stuttgart in 2021 and, currently, is a research fellow and a PhD student at the Department of Training and Movement Sciences (Muscle-Tendon Interaction group).

Zhenya's scientific interests lie in the area of neuromechanics, particularly in myotendinous biomechanics and the mechanisms of energy conversion and energy flow in terrestrial locomotion, the synergistic and hierarchical organisation of motor control, biological autonomy, the modularity of the nervous system, and spinal and proprioceptive control of posture and locomotion.

Photo: Zhenya Smirnov

Telefon: +49 30 2093-46064
Email: morteza.ghasemi@hu-berlin.de
Sitz: Raum 1.33, Philippstraße 13, Haus 11

Morteza achieved his M.Sc. degree in mechanical engineering from Sharif University of Technology in 2020, during which he investigated the kinematics of the human spine using motion analysis. In more detail, his M.Sc. thesis title was “spinal segment ranges of motion, movement coordination, and three-dimensional kinematics during occupational activities in normal-weight and obese individuals.

Since July 2023 he started his PhD in the Department of Training and Movement Sciences at the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin. His PhD project focuses on muscle mechanics and muscle-tendon unit interaction during perturbed locomotion.

Foto: Morteza Ghasemi

Phone: +49 30 209346045
Email: irina.nikolai@hu-berlin.de
office: room 1.23, Philippstraße 13, building 11

 

Irina Nikolai is working in the office of the Department Training and Movement Sciences since 2024. Her responsibilities include all general departmental administrative and organizational processes as well as the administration of external funding.

Foto: Irina Nikolai