Sports Performance
Researchers

Senior lecturer and researcher in physiology and sports science with a special interest in the female athlete and physiological and biomechanical approaches to improve the performance of well-trained and elite athletes. Niamh is also an accredited Performance Physiologist with the Sport Ireland Institute.

Emma is a mixed-methods researcher with a strong interest in improving the health and wellbeing of women and girls. She leads the Invisible Sportswomen international research collective, which highlights the experiences of women often overlooked in sport and exercise research. Her current work explores women’s experiences in the gym and with resistance training, and uses co-production and other participatory methods to address gender equity in sport.

David is a lecturer in sports science. His research utilizes a multi-disciplinary approach through the use of concurrent physiological, nutritional, and biomechanical methodologies. David’s current area of research interest is in training specificity, athlete workload monitoring and performance profiling of elite and sub-elite team sport athletes.

Robin is a lecturer in biomechanics and research methods. His current research interests include monitoring long term changes in sprint kinematics, kinetics and performance in team sports; improving assessment methods of high speed running and sprinting within training and match environments; and providing biomechanical support to evaluate and enhance performance in track and field athletics.

Kris leads modules on Human Physiology 2, Sport & Exercise Physiology and Applied Coaching Science. Kris is also a UKSCA accredited Strength & Conditioning coach and his research interests include the physiology of strength, speed and endurance training

A lecturer in sports science, Lorcan is currently a member of the Physiological Society and the International University Strength and Conditioning Association. Lorcan’s principal research interests include the performance, workload and fatigue of team sport athletes, and how these responses are influenced by physical conditioning and strategies to enhance recovery. Lorcan has over 10-years practical experience as a strength and conditioning coach

A lecturer in athletic and rehabilitation therapy, Marese is completing her PhD on injury in women's Gaelic games.

A lecturer in athletic therapy and a qualified physiotherapist, Anna has completed her professional doctorate in DCU.

A lecturer in athletic therapy, Lynn is completing her professional doctorate in DCU. Lynn is President of Athletic and Rehabilitation Therapy Ireland.

Thomas is a sport and exercise scientist whose research focuses on performance and injury risk in change-of-direction movements. He recently passed his PhD in Sports Biomechanics at Canterbury Christ Church University, where his work examined sex differences in change-of-direction biomechanics in female athletes, focusing on knee joint loading and inter-limb asymmetry linked to ACL injury.

