Dr. Lena Kopnarski

Research

• Motor Control
• Motor Cognition
• Joint Action
• Human–Machine Interaction

Biography & Administration

Scientific CV

• Since April 1, 2025 Research Assistant (Postdoctoral Researcher), University of Bremen, Department of Human Movement Science
• 2020–2025 Research Assistant (PhD student), University of Münster, Institute of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Department of Neuromotor behavior and exercise
• 2019 Student Assistant, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, Department of Multi-Level Modeling in Motor Control and Rehabilitation Robotics, Tübingen
• 2018–2019 Student Assistant, Hector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology, Tübingen

Education and Qualifications

• 2025 Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) at the Faculty of Psychology and Sport Science, University of Münster
• 2020 M.Sc. in Cognitive Science, University of Tübingen
• 2017 B.Sc. in Sensors and Cognitive Psychology, Chemnitz University of Technology

Roles as Reviewer

• Scientific Reports

Voluntary Coaching Activities

• Since 2025 Sports Coordinator at T.R.E.C. Deutschland Club

Publications

Journal Articles

• Kopnarski, L., Rudisch, J., Kutz, D. F., Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2024). Unveiling the invisible: receivers use object weight cues for grip force planning in handover actions. Experimental Brain Research, 242 (5), 1191–1202. doi: 10.1007/s00221-024-06813-y.
• Kopnarski, L., Lippert, L., Rudisch, J., & Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2023). Predicting object properties from movement kinematics. Brain informatics, 10. doi: 10.1186/s40708-023-00209-4.
• Kopnarski, L., Rudisch, J., & Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2023). A systematic review of handover actions in human dyads. Frontiers in Psychology, 14. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1147296.
• Kutz, DF., Kopnarski, L., Püschel, J., Rudisch, J., & C, V.-R. (2023). Measuring System for Synchronous Recording of Kinematic and Force Data during Handover Action of Human Dyads. Sensors, 23, Artikel 9694. doi: 10.3390/s23249694.

Conference Contributions

• Kopnarski, L., Lippert, L., Voelcker-Rehage, C., Potts, D., & Rudisch, J. (2026). Predicting Object Weights from Giver’s Kinematics in Handover Actions. In B. Meyer, U. Thomas, & O. Kanoun (Eds). Hybrid Societies - Humans Interacting with Embodied Technologies, Vol. 1. (pp. 119-126). Springer Nature Switzerland. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-03488-5_14
• Kopnarski, L., Rudisch, J., & Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2025). How Young Adults Compensate for Age-Related Differences in Object Handover Tasks. Joint Action Meeting, Turino, Italy
• Kopnarski, L., Rudisch, J., & Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2025). Age Differences in Object Manipulation Tasks: Old Individuals Take Longer to Adapt to Object Properties. In Hermsdörfer, Joachim; Gulde, Philipp; Stadler, Waltraud; Franklin, David W. (Hrsg.), Dimensions of Motor Control - Sport, Health, Development, Robotics (pp. 145–146). Technical University of Munich. doi: 10.14459/2025md1774621.
• Kopnarski, L., Rudisch, J., Kutz, D., & Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2024). Impact of Object Weight and Participant Age on the Dynamics of Human-to-Human Object Handovers. REPAIRS Closing Conference, Groningen.
• Kopnarski, L., Rudisch, J., Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2024). The Influence of Object Weight on Handover Actions in Young and Old Adults. Neural Control of Movement, Dubrovnik.
• Kopnarski, L., Rudisch, J., & Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2023). From giver to receiver: Investigating the influence of object mass and giver's behavior on receiver's response in joint handover actions. Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC.
• Kopnarski, L., Rudisch, J., & Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2023). The influence of object weight on handover actions. In Schlesinger, T., Grimminger-Seidensticker, E., Ferrauti, A., Kellmann, M., & Thiel, C. K. (Hrsg.), Leistung steuern. Gesundheit stärken. Entwicklung fördern. (pp. 36–36). Feldhaus Verlag.
• Kopnarski, L., Lippert, L., Rudisch, J., & Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2022). Object weights can be predicted from movement kinematics in a replacement task. In Stetter, B., Herzog, M., Spancken, S., & Stein, T. (Hrsg.), Modularität in der motorischen Kontrolle (pp. 89–90). KIT Scientific Publishing. doi: 10.5445/IR/1000150155.
• Kopnarski, L., Rudisch, J., & Voelcker-Rehage, C. (2022). Kinematic and Dynamic Characteristics of Handover Actions in Human Dyads and Their Influencing Factors. In Wagner, M., & Jürgensen, J. (Hrsg.), Sport, Mehr & Meer – Sportwissenschaft in gesellschaftlicher Verantwortung (pp. 307–307). Feldhaus Verlag.
• Sanseverino, G., Krumm, D., Kopnarski, L., Rudisch, J., Voelcker-Rehage, C., & Odenwald, S. (2022). Preliminary Validation of a Virtual Environment for Simulation and Recognition of Human Gestures. In Gerbino, S., Lanzotti, A., Martorelli, M., Buil, R. M., Rizzi, C., & Roucoules, L. (Hrsg.), Advances on Mechanics, Design Engineering and Manufacturing IV (pp. 605–613). Springer Nature. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-15928-2_53.
• Castner, N., Klepper, S., Kopnarski, L., Huettig, F., Scheiter, K., Richter, J., Kasneci, E., & Keutel, C. (2018). Overlooking: The nature of gaze behavior and anomaly detection in expert dentists. Workshop on Modeling Cognitive Processesfrom Multimodal Data (MCPMD’18 ), Boulder, Colorado, USA. doi: 10.1145/3279810.3279845.