Alumni

PGR Alumni / Thesis Title / Submission Year

• Padraig Spillane / PhD thesis entitled: Effects of endogenous and exogenous sex hormones on female cortical and motoneuronal physiology / Completed 2026
• Rosiered Brownson-Smith / Neurophysiological Assessments and Exercise Prehabilitation in Women with Breast Cancer Receiving Taxane-Based Chemotherapy / Completed October 2025
• Ciaran Deely / PhD thesis entitled: The physiological demands, seasonal variation, and recovery of neuromuscular function in professional academy soccer players / Completed January 2024
• Oliver Hayman / Neurophysiological responses during/following single and repeated bouts of eccentric exercise / Completed December 2024
• Elliott Atkinson / Reticulospinal tract adaptations to resistance training in humans / Completed April 2024
• Natalie Dyas / PhD thesis entitled: The physical determinants and perceptual demands of trampoline performance: Implications for strength training to augment time of flight / Completed March 2023
• Paula Ellison / PhD thesis entitled: Neurophysiological correlates of fatigue and the feasibility of progressive resistance exercise for ameliorating symptoms of fatigue in people  with multiple sclerosis / Completed December 2021
• Alex Anastasiou / PhD thesis entitled: Understanding how to create physical performance change within elite Olympic windsurfers / Completed June 2021
• Steve Marshall / PhD thesis entitled: Sex differences and interventions to attenuate exercise-induced muscle damage / Completed September 2020
• Paul Ansdell / PhD thesis entitled: Sex differences in the fatigability of locomotor muscles / Completed May 2020
• Susan Kwiecien / PhD thesis entitled: Prolonged cooling for exercise recovery: A novel use for phase change material / Completed March 2020
• Jakob Škarabot / PhD thesis entitled: Neurophysiological responses and adaptation to muscle shortening and lengthening in young and older adults / Completed October 2019
• Mehdi Kordi / PT, PhD thesis entitled: The physiological determinants of peak power output in sprint cycling / Completed September 2019
• Mellissa Harden / PhD thesis entitled: The application of novel high-intensity eccentric exercise: Evolving high performance strength and conditioning practice / Completed August 2019
• Sarah Browne / PhD thesis entitled: The effects of strenuous exercise on cognitive function, mood, energy and fatigue states in trained sporting individuals / Completed March 2019
• David Green / PhD Thesis entitled:  The neuromuscular responses to eccentric cycling and the implications for athletic development / Completed, March 2019
• Callum Brownstein / PhD thesis entitled: Fatigue and recovery of central nervous system function following intermittent-sprint exercise / Completed October 2018
• Tjerk Zult / PhD thesis entitled: Inter-limb mechanisms and clinical relevance of cross-education in humans. In collaboration with Tibor Hortobágyi, Inge Zijdewind (University of Groningen) Jonathan Farthing (University of Saskatchewan) / Completed May 2017
• Phil Hayes / PhD by Research: thesis entitled: Physiological factors affecting running performance / Completed May 2015
• Thomas Jones / PhD thesis entitled: Concurrent training: Neuroendocrine and molecular mechanisms of strength and endurance training incompatibility / Completed July 2014
• Jamie Tallent / PhD thesis entitled: Corticospinal and spinal responses and adaptations from shortening and lengthening resistance training and subsequent detraining / Completed June 2014
• Kevin Thomas / PhD Thesis entitled: Regulation of power output during self-paced cycling exercise / Completed October 2013
• Jonathan Leeder / PhD thesis entitled: The efficacy of cold water immersion strategies on recovery following strenuous exercise and the impact on acute and chronic adaptation / Completed July 2013
• Thomas Gee / PhD thesis entitled: Recovery of muscle function following strength training in rowers / Completed May 2012