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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