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I am currently a Senior Lecturer at the School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences at the University of Essex.

My overarching research interest is in understanding the underlying control of movement. In particular, I am interested in how humans and animals move in complex environments, what strategies they utilise and the neuro-mechanical control of locomotion. An important part of understanding this is observing how they interact with their environment, and also determining the role of visual, vestibular, and proprioceptive inputs. It is in complex environments that performance limits are reached. These limits provide us with potential examples of locomotor trade-offs due to differing mechanical demands. It is the combination of all the above factors that will help our understanding and identification of fundamental underlying control principles of locomotion. These control principles have the potential to inform on clinical practice, rehabilitation, legged robotics and assistive technologies.