Junior to elite performance
Research across junior to senior, amateur to professional, and recreational to elite sport contexts.
Biomechanics · Physical Performance · Exercise
Applied human movement research at Macquarie University.
The BioPPEx Research Group investigates human movement, physical performance, exercise, and injury prevention across sport, occupational, military, tactical, and health settings.
About BioPPEx
Improving performance and decreasing injuries in humans.
The Biomechanics, Physical Performance, and Exercise Research Group is a multi-disciplinary group focused on improving performance and decreasing injuries. The research context includes sport, exercise, and occupational settings, with a common purpose of improving how people move, perform, and tolerate physical demands.
Athlete and non-athlete populations
Applied exercise science research relevant to health, rehabilitation, performance, and physical capacity.
Military and tactical populations
Research in physically demanding occupational settings where performance, safety, and injury risk matter.
Research capability
Measurement systems for real-world performance questions.
BioPPEx research commonly uses biomechanics, physical performance testing, wearable sensors, markerless motion capture, 3D motion analysis, body composition assessment, and applied field-based methods.
3D and markerless motion analysis
Movement, technique, joint kinematics, trunk motion, running biomechanics, and sport-specific tasks.
Wearable technology and sensors
Applied measurement, field monitoring, device validation, and sport or occupational performance tracking.
Physical performance testing
Strength, power, endurance, load carriage, injury risk, and task-specific physical capacity.
Body composition and morphology
Anthropometrics, 3D body scanning, DEXA-related assessment, and applied profiling.
Academic team
Researchers across biomechanics, performance, sport, and health science.
The BioPPEx academic team brings together expertise in biomechanics, exercise science, physiotherapy, wearable technology, tactical performance, running injury, and applied human performance research.
Professor Tim Doyle
Professor, School of Health Sciences and Nursing
Biomechanics, neuromuscular function, injury prevention, and physical preparation for athletic and tactical populations.
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Dr Jodie Wills
Senior Lecturer, School of Health Sciences and Nursing
Biomechanics, applied human performance, tactical and athletic populations, and injury risk.
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Associate Professor Joel Fuller
Associate Professor, School of Health Sciences and Nursing
Sporting injury prevention, sports performance, physiotherapy, and applied research translation.
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Dr Eoin Doyle
Lecturer, School of Health Sciences and Nursing
Running biomechanics, gait retraining, wearable sensors, physiotherapy, and running-related injury.
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Research students, partners, and applied collaborations.
BioPPEx supports research projects in biomechanics, performance, movement analysis, wearable technology, and injury prevention. Research student opportunities may be available depending on project funding, supervision capacity, and fit.
MRes, PhD, honours, and coursework projects
Potential projects for students interested in applied biomechanics, physical performance, wearable technology, and injury prevention.
Sport, clinical, occupational, and tactical settings
Collaborative work with organisations where better movement and performance measurement can improve decisions.
Measurement technology and field tools
Testing and validation of wearables, motion capture systems, 3D scanning, and applied assessment methods.
Updates
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BioPPEx sits within Macquarie University’s Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences.
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Work with BioPPEx.
For research collaboration, student supervision, or applied project enquiries, contact the relevant academic through their Macquarie University profile.