Marcos Michaelides

Dr. Marcos Michaelides is an Assistant Professor in Sport and Exercise Science at UCLan Cyprus, serving as Director of the Sports Laboratory and Coordinator of the Fitness Centre. He holds a PhD in Exercise Science (University of Arkansas, 2008) and is a Fellow of both the Higher Education Academy and European College of Sport Science. His research focuses on exercise testing in athletes and high-risk professionals, with emphasis on soccer performance, firefighter physiology, and injury prevention. He has led the MSc Sport and Exercise Sciences program (2018–2020) and teaches advanced modules like Physiology of Human Performance and Measurement Techniques in Sports. His work spans 15+ peer-reviewed articles in high-impact journals, addressing topics such as lactate profiling, age-related athlete differences, and post-ACL rehabilitation. Dr. Michaelides has supervised two PhD students and actively engages in consultancy for professional sports teams. He organizes the annual Be Active conference and reviews for journals like PLOS ONE and Journal of Science & Medicine in Sports.