Jenny Leestma, PhD
@jenniferleestma.bsky.social
Postdoc @ Harvard 🦿🧠🦾
Neural interfaces + wearable robotics
PhD Robotics from GeorgiaTech
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Neural interfaces + wearable robotics
PhD Robotics from GeorgiaTech
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Our lab (Sayu Lab for Biomechanics and Locomotion) at the University of Utah is hiring a PhD Student to start Fall 2026! I can’t speak highly enough of Kota as a mentor, and on top of that we’re doing super neat science! Apply before Dec 1st. Job info below:
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PhD position in locomotion, energetics, foot-ankle, prosthetics, footwear - Univ of Utah (Salt Lake City, Utah, USA) -
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Job Summary:
Sayu Lab for Biomechanics & Locomotion (https://health.utah.edu/health-kinesiology/research/takahashi-lab), directed by Dr. Kota Takahashi at the University of Utah is seeking highly...
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November 11, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Our lab (Sayu Lab for Biomechanics and Locomotion) at the University of Utah is hiring a PhD Student to start Fall 2026! I can’t speak highly enough of Kota as a mentor, and on top of that we’re doing super neat science! Apply before Dec 1st. Job info below:
biomch-l.isbweb.org/forum/biomch...
biomch-l.isbweb.org/forum/biomch...
Very excited about our new pre-print on an open-source package that I developed with some of my GT labmates!
Epically Powerful (EP) is a modular mechatronics infrastructure and open-source software package for building and operating wearable and general robotic systems.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.05033
Epically Powerful (EP) is a modular mechatronics infrastructure and open-source software package for building and operating wearable and general robotic systems.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.05033
November 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Very excited about our new pre-print on an open-source package that I developed with some of my GT labmates!
Epically Powerful (EP) is a modular mechatronics infrastructure and open-source software package for building and operating wearable and general robotic systems.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.05033
Epically Powerful (EP) is a modular mechatronics infrastructure and open-source software package for building and operating wearable and general robotic systems.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.05033
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Excited that this work discovering cross-species signatures of stabilizing foot placement control is now out in PNAS!
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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October 21, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Excited that this work discovering cross-species signatures of stabilizing foot placement control is now out in PNAS!
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
@antoinecomite.bsky.social
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Lab funding pays for a lot of things: researchers, equipment, training. Interested in how it all works? Join the new professional development series, hosted by us & @asb-postdocs.bsky.social, to learn from experts & ask questions!🤓💵
Registration is open to all: bit.ly/hiw-funding
Registration is open to all: bit.ly/hiw-funding
June 16, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Lab funding pays for a lot of things: researchers, equipment, training. Interested in how it all works? Join the new professional development series, hosted by us & @asb-postdocs.bsky.social, to learn from experts & ask questions!🤓💵
Registration is open to all: bit.ly/hiw-funding
Registration is open to all: bit.ly/hiw-funding
Excited to be in DC for my first Neural Interfaces meeting! Really looking forward to the program this week.
June 12, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Excited to be in DC for my first Neural Interfaces meeting! Really looking forward to the program this week.
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The NIH has not issued a single new call for proposals since the end of January.
June 9, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The NIH has not issued a single new call for proposals since the end of January.
Thrilled to receive the Harvard Mind Brain Behavior Postdoc Fellowship! This will support my work surgically reconstructing peripheral neuromuscular physiology to bridge human and robotic control.
Excited to continue this work with my advisor Dr. Shriya Srinivasan and co-mentor Dr. Matthew Carty.
Excited to continue this work with my advisor Dr. Shriya Srinivasan and co-mentor Dr. Matthew Carty.
June 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Thrilled to receive the Harvard Mind Brain Behavior Postdoc Fellowship! This will support my work surgically reconstructing peripheral neuromuscular physiology to bridge human and robotic control.
Excited to continue this work with my advisor Dr. Shriya Srinivasan and co-mentor Dr. Matthew Carty.
Excited to continue this work with my advisor Dr. Shriya Srinivasan and co-mentor Dr. Matthew Carty.
A great new study from my Georgia Tech labmate, Dr. Pawel Golyski, on the influence of a passive elastic hip exo on stability and mechanical energetics. Check it out:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Effects of an elastic hip exoskeleton on stability quantified by mechanical energetics and whole-body angular momentum during walking with treadmill belt speed perturbations
Relative to motorized devices, passive hip exoskeletons with elastic actuation provide cheaper and lower-profile solutions to assist locomotion during…
www.sciencedirect.com
June 3, 2025 at 3:17 AM
A great new study from my Georgia Tech labmate, Dr. Pawel Golyski, on the influence of a passive elastic hip exo on stability and mechanical energetics. Check it out:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
An absolutely stellar labmate, scientist, engineer, and friend! Keep killing it, Dr. Davenport!
June 3, 2025 at 3:13 AM
An absolutely stellar labmate, scientist, engineer, and friend! Keep killing it, Dr. Davenport!
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May 31, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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This hasn’t been reported as much in the media, but this attack on international scholars at Harvard seems to also affect postdocs: ~40% (3/4 of international postdocs) are on J visas (based on FAS postdoc association data)
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Trump Admin Revokes Harvard’s Authorization To Enroll International Students | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Trump administration revoked Harvard’s ability to enroll international students on Thursday, dramatically escalating the administration’s fight with the University and threatening thousands of cur...
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May 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
This hasn’t been reported as much in the media, but this attack on international scholars at Harvard seems to also affect postdocs: ~40% (3/4 of international postdocs) are on J visas (based on FAS postdoc association data)
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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I'm a current Harvard graduate student and I found out today that I had my NSF GRFP terminated without notification. I was awarded this individual research fellowship before even choosing Harvard as my graduate school
May 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I'm a current Harvard graduate student and I found out today that I had my NSF GRFP terminated without notification. I was awarded this individual research fellowship before even choosing Harvard as my graduate school
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Harvard today, your institution tomorrow.
It's all part of the Project 2025 plan to destroy high education in America.
All leading US universities depend on federal funding and tuition dollars from international students. They severely curtailed the former. Now they're eliminating the latter.
It's all part of the Project 2025 plan to destroy high education in America.
All leading US universities depend on federal funding and tuition dollars from international students. They severely curtailed the former. Now they're eliminating the latter.
May 22, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Harvard today, your institution tomorrow.
It's all part of the Project 2025 plan to destroy high education in America.
All leading US universities depend on federal funding and tuition dollars from international students. They severely curtailed the former. Now they're eliminating the latter.
It's all part of the Project 2025 plan to destroy high education in America.
All leading US universities depend on federal funding and tuition dollars from international students. They severely curtailed the former. Now they're eliminating the latter.
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The Trump regime is now using US Attorneys to intimidate academic journals by sending them letters demanding they explain how they ensure ‘viewpoint diversity.’ Journal editors should be public about this and coordinate to refuse to comply with these fascist tactics.
April 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The Trump regime is now using US Attorneys to intimidate academic journals by sending them letters demanding they explain how they ensure ‘viewpoint diversity.’ Journal editors should be public about this and coordinate to refuse to comply with these fascist tactics.
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The main benefit of these is that we can study ground stiffness perturbations on a fully instrumented treadmill, as well as conduct experiments overground. I'm hoping to share results from a study investigating adaptation to a stiffness perturbation applied by these shoes very soon!
April 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The main benefit of these is that we can study ground stiffness perturbations on a fully instrumented treadmill, as well as conduct experiments overground. I'm hoping to share results from a study investigating adaptation to a stiffness perturbation applied by these shoes very soon!
Go Jo!!! Thrilled to be working with Jo and the rest of the crew at Harvard Robotics to plan an NBD event this year. Huge thanks to the Disability Biomechanics Outreach program for the support! Looking forward to a fun event next month.
Announcing the winners of the NBD Disability Biomechanics Outreach Grant Program—congratulations to Jorie Budsikowski and Jordan Feldman! Special thanks to the American Society of Biomechanics for sponsoring this initiative and championing inclusive innovation in our field. #NBD2025 #Biomechanics
April 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Go Jo!!! Thrilled to be working with Jo and the rest of the crew at Harvard Robotics to plan an NBD event this year. Huge thanks to the Disability Biomechanics Outreach program for the support! Looking forward to a fun event next month.
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It's what you've all been waiting and hoping for; the deets on Dynamic Walking 2025! 🚶🎉
The when: July 14th - 17th
The Where: Aachen (Germany, but bordering the Netherlands)
The submission process: dynamicwalking2025.org
The deadline: April 25th
🚶♀️Hope to see you soon <3 🚶
The when: July 14th - 17th
The Where: Aachen (Germany, but bordering the Netherlands)
The submission process: dynamicwalking2025.org
The deadline: April 25th
🚶♀️Hope to see you soon <3 🚶
DW25 Abstract Submission
The conference will take place in Aachen, Germany (on the border with the Netherlands) from July 14 to 17, 2025. We’ll be based in one location, with easy access to three different countries!
Contact:...
dynamicwalking2025.org
April 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
It's what you've all been waiting and hoping for; the deets on Dynamic Walking 2025! 🚶🎉
The when: July 14th - 17th
The Where: Aachen (Germany, but bordering the Netherlands)
The submission process: dynamicwalking2025.org
The deadline: April 25th
🚶♀️Hope to see you soon <3 🚶
The when: July 14th - 17th
The Where: Aachen (Germany, but bordering the Netherlands)
The submission process: dynamicwalking2025.org
The deadline: April 25th
🚶♀️Hope to see you soon <3 🚶
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Fantastic to hear Dr. Edward Chang from Berkeley discuss their work in restoring speech with neuroprostheses using high-density speech/motor cortical decoding!
March 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Fantastic to hear Dr. Edward Chang from Berkeley discuss their work in restoring speech with neuroprostheses using high-density speech/motor cortical decoding!
Great start to the week visiting UMass Amherst yesterday to give a talk at the Kinesiology Graduate Seminar! Big thanks to @sarahroelker.bsky.social for hosting and to everyone who took the time to chat—so fun learning about the exciting biomechanics and wearable robotics projects happening there!
March 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Great start to the week visiting UMass Amherst yesterday to give a talk at the Kinesiology Graduate Seminar! Big thanks to @sarahroelker.bsky.social for hosting and to everyone who took the time to chat—so fun learning about the exciting biomechanics and wearable robotics projects happening there!
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Postdoc opportunity to do digital twin research for human and humanoid agile locomotion with myself, Wouter Hoogkamer @umill.bsky.social and Donghyun Kim! See forms.gle/FRFtLNiY7j3z... for more info and to apply by 3/19.
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March 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Postdoc opportunity to do digital twin research for human and humanoid agile locomotion with myself, Wouter Hoogkamer @umill.bsky.social and Donghyun Kim! See forms.gle/FRFtLNiY7j3z... for more info and to apply by 3/19.
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If you are interested in learning about the state of the art in robotic exoskeletons to assist human movement, this is an incredible lineup of speakers at #ICRA!!! @doctorbobg.bsky.social @rai-maclean.bsky.social @helenhuang.bsky.social @mehuber.bsky.social sites.google.com/umich.edu/ic...
ICRA 2025 Workshop
FULL DAY WORKSHOP: Monday, May 19, 2025
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March 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
If you are interested in learning about the state of the art in robotic exoskeletons to assist human movement, this is an incredible lineup of speakers at #ICRA!!! @doctorbobg.bsky.social @rai-maclean.bsky.social @helenhuang.bsky.social @mehuber.bsky.social sites.google.com/umich.edu/ic...
It was wonderful to have Jim Ewing visit our group! Jim was the first person to receive the Agonist-Antagonist Myoneural Interface (AMI) procedure. We got to chat with him about research participation, rehab, wearable tech, and innovation.
Read more: www.brighamandwomensfaulkner.org/about-bwfh/n...
Read more: www.brighamandwomensfaulkner.org/about-bwfh/n...
March 8, 2025 at 7:57 PM
It was wonderful to have Jim Ewing visit our group! Jim was the first person to receive the Agonist-Antagonist Myoneural Interface (AMI) procedure. We got to chat with him about research participation, rehab, wearable tech, and innovation.
Read more: www.brighamandwomensfaulkner.org/about-bwfh/n...
Read more: www.brighamandwomensfaulkner.org/about-bwfh/n...
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We are recruiting trainees for the Integrative Movement Sciences Summer Institute. Students will gain research experience in dynamic muscular control of movement across organizational scales from molecular mechanisms to whole-body movement in complex environments.
Learn more: tinyurl.com/5n7w6pey
Learn more: tinyurl.com/5n7w6pey
IMSI Summer Institute 2025: Now Recruiting Trainees! – Center for Integrative Movement Science
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March 6, 2025 at 10:52 PM
We are recruiting trainees for the Integrative Movement Sciences Summer Institute. Students will gain research experience in dynamic muscular control of movement across organizational scales from molecular mechanisms to whole-body movement in complex environments.
Learn more: tinyurl.com/5n7w6pey
Learn more: tinyurl.com/5n7w6pey