Celeste WilkinsPhD · Biomechanics & computer vision

HI. I'M CELESTE.

Horse girl.
Data person.
Builder of things.

Also: Canadian, a biomechanics PhD, and very willing to put a meme in a PowerPoint.

Working with motion-capture sensors during equestrian research
One version of a good day at work.

A bit of context.

I'm from Canada. I've lived in the UK and Ireland, spent a sabbatical in Italy, and now call Philadelphia home.

My PhD is in equestrian biomechanics. These days, I work in Major League Baseball as a lead quantitative analyst in computer vision. I build things, work with movement data, and keep coming back to questions about rider performance.

Riderprep is the equestrian side of that curiosity. I share rider biomechanics with a TikTok community of 30,000 followers, and this site gives me room for longer explanations, research, and ideas that don't fit in a short video.

I want it to be useful to riders, coaches, and fellow researchers. You don't need a PhD to be interested. You do get references if you want to go deeper.

And yes, I'm also the person making game-preview memes in PowerPoint for my colleagues. The science and the sense of humour come together.

The academic bit

PhD, Sports Biomechanics
University of the West of England
Dynamic Technique Analysis of the Female Equestrian Rider

MSc, Applied Equine Science
Royal Agricultural University

BSc (Hons), Equine Science
University of the West of England

CELESTE'S FIELD NOTESPHILADELPHIA, PA

the question everyone always asks

How does a horse girl become a MLB analyst?

Horses. Baseball, a basketball chapter, and NCAA D1 athletics???
Different sports, but the same curiosity about how we move (and how we measure it!).

01 / THE YARD

Horse girl, first.

I did a BSc (Hons) Equine Science at Hartpury University and a MSc Applied Equine Science at the Royal Agricultural University. I worked in equestrian journalism (Horse & Rider magazine). I worked in a start-up doing genetic testing for racehorses. I did a PhD in Rider Biomechanics at Hartpury University

02 / THE COURT

Innovating with Computer Vision for the Raptors.

I moved back to Canada to work with MLSE and the Toronto Raptors in the first year of NBA Hawk-Eye data.

03 / THE GATORS

It was good to be a Florida Gator.

I worked on AI-Powered Athletics, a project serving all of the Gators’ Division I teams. I innovated with baseball computer vision with Gators Baseball.

04 / THE BALLPARK

Career Curveball: The MLB.

Now, I am innovating for the Philadelphia Phillies as Lead Quantitative Analyst, Computer Vision. I find patterns in the game, and deliver new innovations to help the Phillies stay ahead of the curve. Go Phils!

GRASS ON THE OUTSIDE.CODE ON THE INSIDE.A LOT OF QUESTIONS IN BETWEEN.

GOOD QUESTIONS WELCOME

Let's compare notes.

Research collaborations, rider-performance questions, or an interesting thing you're building.

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