Dr. Stella Donker

Martinus J. Langeveldgebouw
Heidelberglaan 1
Kamer H0.03
3584 CS Utrecht

Dr. Stella Donker

Associate Professor
Experimental Psychology
+31 30 253 3348
s.f.donker@uu.nl

2018 – heden 

Universitair hoofddocent, experimentele psychologie, Universiteit Utrecht

 

2007 – 2018 

Universitair docent, experimentele psychologie, Universiteit Utrecht

 

2004 – 2007 

Post-Doc, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Bewegingswetenschappen

The aim of this project was to provide a new impulse to clinical posturography by making use of nonlinear measures, based on insights from fundamental research. In addition to young and elderly healthy subjects, people suffering from vestibular disorders and people with Parkinson's Disease have been investigated.

- Static Posturography

- Structural (nonlinear) measures

- Caloric testing

 

2001 – 2004 

Post-Doc, Universiteit Twente, Biomedische Wertuigbouwkunde

Project title: quantification and qualification of balance during stance

- Motion Analysis

- Dynamic Posturography

- Virtual Reality

  

1996 – 2001

PhD student, Sint Maartenskliniek Research BV, Nijmegen

The overall aim of this PhD research was to apply the insights gained from the dynamical systems theory in the study of the stability and flexibility of walking. 

- Motion Analysis

- EMG Analysis

- Nonlinear dynamics