Professional Overview
Total Career Experience: Featuring over 15 years of experience across higher education, clinical exercise practice, high-performance sport, and community health systems across Australia, New Zealand, and India. Key areas of expertise span exercise physiology, biomechanics, youth and lifespan physical development, and the translation of sports science into inclusive health, clinical rehabilitation, and athletic performance settings.
Current Experience
- Academic & Researcher: Senior Academic in Exercise and Sports Science, specializing in evidence-based exercise prescription, youth athlete development, and physical literacy.
- Visiting Faculty / Professional Associate: Assam down town University (AdtU), India(appointed from April 2026)
Previous Experience
- Academic & Exercise Science Lead: University of Canberra, Australia (August 2023 – December 2025) (Unit Convener and Lead for Exercise Programming & Prescription, Systemic Anatomy and Physiology, and S&C Professional Practice)
- Senior Research Officer & Lecturer: Auckland University of Technology (AUT), New Zealand (February 2022 – August 2023) (Led health and exercise science curricula and interdisciplinary community wellbeing research projects)
- Clinical Exercise Consultant & Research Partner: Prana Physiotherapy, Auckland, New Zealand (January 2022 – July 2023) (Designed exercise rehabilitation protocols, falls prevention programs, and telehealth models for chronic conditions)
- Founder & Sports Scientist: Athlete Institute (August 2018 – February 2023) (Delivered strength & conditioning programs and sports science education in New Zealand and India)
- Lecturer & Postgraduate Research Associate Supervisor: Unitec Institute of Technology, New Zealand (July 2018 – December 2020)
- Strength & Conditioning Manager: St Cuthbert’s College, New Zealand (February 2016 – December 2021)
- Lead Youth Strength & Conditioning Coach: Pathway to Podium / High Performance Sport New Zealand (September 2014 – April 2017)
- Lead Strength & Conditioning Coach: Auckland Cricket Association, New Zealand (May 2010 – August 2015) (Managed physical preparation for Black Caps, White Ferns, Auckland Aces, and regional development squads)
