Kübra ☆

AIML Resident @ Apple;
PhD in Biomedical Engineering;
NYU and NJIT Alum;
Interests: biomechanics, robotics, balance, gait, control;
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[Kübra ☆ @kubra_py]

Now that the paperwork is done... I'm officially #PhDone!!

Thank you to everyone who has made my time at NJIT (and Rutgers) memorable — I'm extremely grateful for your support these past few years.

[IFCN and its Clinical Neurophysiology journals @ClinicalNeuroph]

[Aging] Akbaş et al.: "The brain-heart interconnection may alter through aging and cognitive impairment." https://t.co/QAeHQsn6pq

[Kübra ☆ @kubra_py]

Forgot to update that I've been at #RehabWeek2025 this week! We got to tour Shirley Ryan AbilityLab today, and I have a poster hanging up on the main floor (PP-430)! Come check it out, and feel free to chat with me 😊

[Dr Meming @Dr_Meming]

The chapter I hoped I’d write. Vs the chapter I did write.

[Kübra ☆ @kubra_py]

I'm at #ASB2024! Come visit me at my poster (P2-200) on Wed to hear about the nonlinear analysis of gait! I'll also be at the Job Market Poster Session afterward to put myself out there for faculty positions next year 😱

And here's a "postcard" I put together in PowerPoint :)

[Kübra ☆ @kubra_py]

@chubicki Congratulations!! Very well deserved.

[Kübra ☆ @kubra_py]

Ramadan Mubarak, friends! :)

[Kübra ☆ @kubra_py]

Devils lost, but that's okay 🙃

[Kübra ☆ @kubra_py]

Finally went to a Devils game for the first time after living in NJ for most of my life 😎

[Michelle Kuo (郭怡慧) @kuokuomich]

I've read nothing like this before—a painfully honest piece about the cruelty and patriarchy of academia, viewed through the lens of a grieving wife. Lang Chen remembers the last days of husband @Xiaohong__Xu, a brilliant, beloved sociologist from China who passed away at age 45.

[Darice. @daricebrooks]

Hey academic twitter! I’m looking to do a career panel for a network of students of color in the kinesiology department here at MSU in late March/early-mid April. This will likely be via Zoom, unless you’re in the area we can make an on campus panel happen! (1/..)

[The Struggling Scientists @TheStrugglingS4]

I just want to do a stupid T-test 😭

[PHD Comics @PHDcomics]

Marriage v. The Ph.D

[U.S. Women's National Soccer Team @USWNT]

Pinoe out.

Good night.

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

AMAZING—The US government will relaunch a program to provide free #COVID19 home tests starting Monday September 25th, 2023. Officials say the tests are able to detect the latest variants. In other words, the US govt admits that #CovidIsNotOver.

The return of the free testing program comes after Americans navigated the latest uptick in covid cases with free testing no longer widely available. The largest insurance companies stopped reimbursing the costs of retail at-home testing once the requirement to do so ended with the public health emergency in May.

Experts say free #COVID testing proved to be an effective public health tool, allowing people to check their status before attending large gatherings or spending time with older or medically vulnerable people at risk of severe disease even after being vaccinated. It also enables people to start antiviral treatments in the early days of infection to prevent severe disease.

https://t.co/joIoK5t6CF

https://t.co/zygFO6Df7A

[Kübra ☆ @kubra_py]

This was actually my first podium presentation, and I find it quite ironic that it finally happened *after* my defense.

[Kübra ☆ @kubra_py]

Thank you to everyone who came to my talk at #ASME #IDETC this year! Very exciting to talk about and show off our work related to quantifying balance.

A very special thank you to both Dr. Xianlian Zhou and Dr. Carlotta Mummolo, who have advised me throughout my PhD.

[Kübra ☆ @kubra_py]

Two of our undergrads (Joshua Failla and Elijah Hugo) had the opportunity to present at #ASME #IDETC in Boston this year! Proud of them and their fellow peers in our lab for their progress and growth.

[Kübra ☆ @kubra_py]

P.S. it's already been three weeks since the defense itself 😩

[Kübra ☆ @kubra_py]

Now that the paperwork is done... I'm officially #PhDone!!

Thank you to everyone who has made my time at NJIT (and Rutgers) memorable — I'm extremely grateful for your support these past few years.

[Kübra ☆ @kubra_py]

Thank you so much for the acknowledgment! 😊

Good luck next season! ⚽️

[BRHS Girls Soccer @BRHSGS]

Hey folks, one of our program’s alums—Dr. Kubra Akbas—successfully defended her doctoral thesis yesterday. Let soccer help get you there too. Family, school, sports…@dcasta13 @brhsathletics #rollscotties