From human movements and muscle activity to machine learning: in her doctoral thesis, Marie Dominique Schmidt brings together various perspectives on the emergence and prediction of motor intentions. On 25 September 2026, she successfully defended her thesis, entitled ‘Modelling and Predicting Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Motor Intention: A Machine Learning Approach’, thereby completing her PhD in Computer Science. The examination board comprised Prof. Dr Ioannis Iossifidis, Prof. Dr Gregor Schöner, Prof. Dr Muhammad Bilal Zafar and Prof. Dr Tobias Glasmachers.

We warmly congratulate Tabea Christ on winning the bronze medal at the German Championships! With a jump of 6.52 metres, she finished third behind Olympic champion Malaika Mihambo, who won silver with 6.63 metres, and Mikaelle Assani, who claimed gold with 6.67 metres.

What defines excellent university teaching? For Dr Christiane Bohn, the answer lies above all in building strong relationships with students. In an interview marking her receipt of the “Ars legendi Faculty Award for Sports Science 2025”, she talks about learning without fear, developing an individual teaching identity, and her passion for movement and education.
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Lena Kloock and Andrea Arensmann had the opportunity to present their research at the 10th World Congress of Biomechanics in Vancouver. As well as attending interesting presentations from various fields of biomechanics, they also had time to catch up with old contacts and make new ones, which will be helpful in their future work at the institute. Many thanks to the University of Münster’s Equality Office for the financial support that made this trip possible.