Hard things take time, impossible things take a little longer This quote seems appropriate as we round off this academic year, where at times we felt we needed our crampons and ice axes to navigate relocating from the University of Brighton’s Eastbourne to Falmer Campus, get used to our new sport and exercise science labs Read More…
Category: Awards & Achievements
Environmental Extremes Lab 2023 Round-up…We Reached 100 Research Publications!
Another (calendar) year nearly gone and to those who have followed our journey over the years, apologies for the lack of news from the Environmental Extremes Lab. To say it has been an intense, frenetic and at times exasperating year, would be an understatement. Nevertheless, we have been working extremely hard behind the scenes, still Read More…
Dr Ash Willmott Joins Environmental Extremes Lab Lecturing Staff!
Welcome to Ash Willmott who joins our sport and exercise science lecturing team for the next 6 months. As many will know, Ash has been with us for some years now, first as an undergraduate BSc Sport and Exercise Science Student (1st class), then as a PhD student (which he finished, successfully defended and will graduate Read More…
EEL Members present at ICEE Conference in Kobe, Japan
Conference attendees (Ash, Emily & Kirsty circled, left picture) Three of our members presented at the recent International Congress on Environmental Ergonomics (ICEE, http://www.environmental-ergonomics.org/) in Kobe, Japan. Emily Watkins (oral and poster presentation), Ash Willmott (oral presentation) and Kirsty Waldock (oral presentation).
Congratulations to Dr Willmott who secures PhD
It is with great pleasure that I can announce Ash Willmott successfully defended his PhD thesis on Friday 27th October 2017 entitled, ‘Optimising heat acclimation state and refining strategies for the acquisition of heat adaptations’. It has been a very emotional “journey” for Ash with many challenges that he has had to overcome, not least Read More…
EEL Contribute to a BASES Expert Statement
Dr. Neil Maxwell and Dr Oli Gibson (now Brunel University) were featured on the front page of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) autumn issue of the Sport and Exercise Scientist magazine for having contributed. Led by Dr Jo Corbett of Portsmouth University and working in a team with Professor Neil Walsh Read More…
Professor Nick Webborn Elected Chairperson of the BPA
Professor Nick Webborn OBE was elected chairperson of the British Paralympic Association on 28 February 2017. He takes on a 2 year tenure at the BPA which selects, prepares, enters and manages the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Team at the Paralympic Games. Nick has attended nine Paralympic Games in multiple roles including Chief Medical Read More…
Congratulations to Dr Ben Duncan!
Congratulations to Ben Duncan who passed his PhD defence on 20 January with only minor changes to complete the process. Ben’s work was on the effects of low oxygen concentration, high altitude exposure, on metabolism of fuel in humans. He did a lot of work in the labs and also translat-ed this to field work Read More…
EEL Receive Awards at International Conference on the Physiology and Pharmacology of Temperature Regulation
Congratulations to Dr Jess Mee and Dr Oli Gibson (former Technical Instructors and PhD Students of SaSM and allied to SESAME) for separately being winners of the American Journal of Physiology–Regulatory, Integrated, and Comparative Physiology Poster Awards at the 6th International Conference on the Physiology and Pharmacology of Temperature Regulation, Slovenia. Congratulations should also be Read More…
Congratulations to Prof Nick Webborn – 2nd time on Power 100 List!
Congratulations to Professor Nick Webborn OBE who for the second time has been named in the Shaw Trust Power 100 list. The list is a celebration of Britain’s most influential persons with a disability or impairment. The Chief Executive of the Shaw Trust, who sponsor the Power 100 list said ‘this list plays a vital Read More…