Members

Dr Mark F Smith Research interests are, broadly speaking, in the emerging discipline of exercise neuroscience. Specific interests lie in understanding the psychophysiological basis of how the brain controls pace regulation during exercise; the affective response to exercise preference and tolerance; the neurophysiological basis of expert performance. These three areas of research are linked together by interest in cognitive neuroscience, applied exercise physiology and sports performance enhancement.

Dr Thomas Gee Main research focus concerns studying peripheral muscular function during a range of exercise tasks, specifically how aerobic exercise performance is affected by acute bouts of high intensity strength-based training; monitoring of pace regulation during endurance exercise with the use of EMG and respiratory analysis and descriptive research evaluating strength and conditioning practices within National Sport Performance Organisations.

Mistrelle Baker Research interests concern the role nutritional supplementation has on dietary behaviour, metabolic indices, and exercise performance. Current research specifically focuses on nutritional supplements (usage, ergogenic effects and doping risks), supplementation habits of elite and competitive athletes, evaluation of the ergogenic effects and quality and safety of popular supplements

Geoff Middleton Research interests centre on the effects of exercise and nutritional interventions on health and performance. Current research projects include physiological effects of the Mediterranean Diet and Exercise on older adults.

Paul Murgatroyd Research interests focus on the role strength and conditioning techniques (e.g. core, resistance, speed, endurance) play in enhancing sporting performance. Specifically comparative evaluation of approaches to enhance psychophysiological effectiveness of training and the application of match analysis for estimating physiological demands of sporting performance.

Danny Taylor Main research interests lie in the broad area of psychophysiology during sports performance and exercise. Interested in the regulation of pace during multi-sport performance, with a current PhD project focusing on the effects that deception of pacing strategy have on endurance performance and associated psychophysiology responses.