**Hermie Hermens**

Prof. Dr. Ir. Hermie J. Hermens studied biomedical engineering at the University of Twente and then became head of the research group at Roessingh, Centre for Rehabilitation. In 1990, he was a co-founder and first director of RRD. He studied his PhD on surface EMG, became a professor in neuromuscular control (2001), and later (2010) became a professor of telemedicine. Currently, he supervises 15 PhD students, and 26 PhD students have finished their studies under his (co)supervision.
