Mark Vaczi

Designation:
Associate professor
Department:
Department of Sports Biology and Kinesiology
University:
University of Pecs
Country:
Hungary
Email: Journal Associated: Archives of Sports Medicine and Physiotherapy Biography:

Dr. Mark Vaczi was born in Dunaújváros, Hungary, in 1974. He has been involved in higher education since 1999, teaching approximately 25 different sports science courses. He started as a lecturer at the University of Memphis, then worked as an assistant professor at the Institute of Health Development Sports Sciences Institute, Eotwos Lorand University, Budapest. From 2010, he was an assistant professor and later an associate professor at the Institute of Sport Sciences and Physical Education at the University of Pecs. Since 2017, he has been leading the Department of Sports, and since 2024, the Department of Sports Biology and Kinesiology. Between 2020 and 2023, he was the director of the Institute of Sport Sciences and Physical Education. He has been a PhD supervisor since 2013 and has 15 years of experience in teaching in English. He was awarded with a Master Teacher Golden Medal, and supervised two dozens of students in the National Scientific Students' Associations Conference, Hungary. He is the program leader of the Coach BSc program. He has been conducting scientific research since 1997 and is the head of the biomechanics laboratory. His research focuses on the broad acute and chronic neuromechanical adaptation mechanisms after various training intervention programs in athletes, non-athletes, aging populations, and people with muscle diseases. He used to coach elite badminton and basketball players, and was the conditioning coach of the Hungarian table tennis and fencing national teams. Currently, he trains an Olympian swimmer. 

Research Interests: Kinesiology, Sports biomechanics ,Exercise science ,Training adaptation ,Muscle physiology ,Muscle mechanics ,Exercise-induced ,muscle damage ,Joint stability
                                                                                                                           

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