DrLaura-Anne Furlong

Dr Furlong received her BSc and PhD from the University of Limerick, Ireland prior to completing post-doctoral research in soft tissue mechanics at Loughborough University, UK in collaboration with Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. She was appointed as a Lecturer in Biomechanics in the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences at Loughborough University in 2015, based in the National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine.

In 2019 she was the first female recipient of the Hans Gros Emerging Researcher Award from the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports for excellence in early career research that bridges the gap between research and applied practice, and was appointed a Fellow of the Society in the same year.

She returned to Ireland in August 2021 as a Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Biomechanics at the University of Limerick for the 2021-2022 academic year prior to a career break. She remains a Visiting Fellow in Biomechanics at Loughborough University and an associated researcher with its Centre for Para and Disability Sport Innovation. She joined UCD in September 2024 as part of the Insight Research Ireland Centre for Data Analytics (now Rinn Artificial Intelligence), working within the Personal Sensing Research Theme before appointment to faculty in July 2026.