Graduate Student Directory

Craig Berry's research focuses on how dehydration impacts physical performance and how dairy-based beverages may serve as an effective alternative to traditional sports drink for promoting rehydration.

Zachary Bigalke’s research focuses on the intersection of sport and identity formation, with a focus on the use of international tournaments to integrate immigrant athletes into national communities and the use of sport to reinforce local and regional identities.

Ana Carla Chierighini Salamunes is in the Women’s Health and Exercise Laboratory (WHEL). Her research interests are the physiological and psychological effects of exercise in women, especially gymnasts and other athletes.

Danny’s research uses motion capture, computer modeling, and data processing techniques to examine the mechanisms by which our feet can influence/contribute to walking, running, and jumping performance.

Brooke’s research interests are in the lateralized hemispheric processes that surround motor control and their implications for the treatment of various neurological diagnoses, such as stroke.

Gabrielle Dillon’s research utilizes the human cutaneous circulation to examine the underlying signaling mechanisms mediating microvascular dysfunction in diseases, as well as the influence of bioceutical and pharmacological interventions.

Lucas D. Elliott’s research focuses on physical activity/active travel disparities throughout underserved populations in order to understand how communities can engage and promote in promotive practices.

Logan Faux-Dugan’s research investigates the relationships between achilles tendon moment arms and triceps surae muscle architecture parameters and implications for locomotion in human populations.

Owen Griffith’s research interests include management of sports concussion and mild traumatic brain injury in student-athlete populations.

Kavya’s research focuses on the effects of load stimuli across growth on multiple facets of adult musculoskeletal health, including locomotor energetics, joint mechanics, and muscle/tendon properties.

Emily Lundstrom’s research examines energy, metabolism and factors related to performance in athletes as it pertains to health and performance optimization

Candice Maenza’s research involves using kinematics, clinical functional performance testing, structural MRI and Diffusion Tensor Imaging to answer questions regarding ipsilesional upper-extremity impairment in chronic stroke survivors.

John Michael's research determine how wearibles can be used to track athletes stress and recovery on the field and in clinical settings.

Joseph Ricotta’s research uses the physical approach to motor control to investigate the mechanisms of biological movement.

Tom Rorke’s research examines the history and contemporary sociology of ice hockey and other team sports, how gender is performed and regulated in sport and physical activity, and emerging ethical issues in sport and physical activity.

Isabella Teti’s research focuses on resistance training and interval training during pregnancy, reduction of postpartum opioid use, and exercise dependence in young adults.

Jisung’s research utilizes motion analysis and neuromodulation to investigate hemispheric lateralization and inter-hemispheric transfer of motor learning.