Academic Staff

Lecturer in Sports Management and Coaching

Email: Javier.Monedero@TUDublin.ie 

Tel: +3531 2207535 

Qualifications  

• MSc in Human Nutrition (University of Chester, 2020)  

• Ph.D. in Physical Activity and Health (Dublin City University, 2014)  

• MSc in Exercise Physiology (Trinity College Dublin, 1998)  

• BSc in Physical Education with Sport Science (University of Granada, 1994)  

 

Research Underpinning the Programme  

• Role: Lecturer in Sport  

• Research Focus:  

• Sport science, physical activity, health, and sport nutrition  

• Optimisation of recovery strategies using diet and exercise  

• Exercise interventions for preserving cognitive function and learning  

• Active video game technologies for health and performance  

• Relative energy deficiency in sport  

• Research Interests:  

• Strength and conditioning  

• Use of active video games to improve health and performance  

• Energy expenditure and its role in health optimisation  

 

Scholarship Underpinning the Programme  

• Publications and Contributions:  

• Chase of be chased: Motivating physical output using dynamic resistance & chase-based game mechanics. IEEE International Conference on Metrology for Extended Reality, 2024.  

• Dietary intakes and the risk of low energy availability in male and female advanced and elite rock climbers. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 2022. DOI: 10.1519/jsc.0000000000004317  

• Phenotypic responses to a lifestyle intervention: Frontiers in Physiology, 2019. DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00317  

• Quantifying human movement using the Movn smartphone App: JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 2017. DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.7167  

• Energy expenditure and affect responses to different types of active video game and exercise. PLOS ONE, 2017. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176213  

• Interactive video game cycling leads to higher energy expenditure: PLOS ONE, 2015. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118470  

• Modified active videogame play results in moderate-intensity exercise. Games for Health Journal, 2014. DOI: 10.1089/g4h.2013.0096  

• Research Contributions:  

• Research on the feasibility of using active video games to improve adult health  

• Involved in studies on metabolic markers and exercise modalities  

 

Industry and Profession, Civic and Community Engagement, Staff Development  

• Professional Roles:  

• Member of the European College of Sport Science