- Professor
- Dr B. Nigg Chair Biom Mob Lgvty
- Herzog Research Group
- Director - Human Performance Lab
University of Calgary
Walter Herzog
Research Interests
Movement Science & Musculoskeletal Health:
Currently Teaching
| F2023 - KNES 396 - Research Seminar | ||||||||||
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| F2023 - KNES 664 - Bone and Joint Biomechanics | ||||||||||
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POSITIONS
Director, Human Performance Laboratory
Professor, Faculties of Kinesiology and Engineering
Adjunct Professor, Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Surgery
Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) for Cellular and Molecular Biomechanics
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Born: February 19, 1955, Leuggern, Switzerland
Citizenship: Swiss, Canadian
EDUCATION
| 1971-1974 | High School Baden Graduated with Matura Diploma C (Natural Sciences Branch) |
| 1974-1977 | Federal Technical Institute Zurich Graduated with Diploma I in Physical Education |
| 1977-1978 | Federal Technical Institute Zurich Graduated with Diploma II in Physical Education (Biomechanics) |
| 1979-1985 | University of Iowa, Iowa City Graduated with Ph.D. degree in Biomechanics |
| 1985-1987 | The University of Calgary, Calgary Postdoc |
RESEARCH INTERESTS
My research is focused on the neuro-biomechanics of the musculoskeletal system with emphasis on mechanisms of muscle contraction focusing on the role of the structural protein titin, and the biomechanics of joints focusing on mechanisms of onset and progression of osteoarthritis. Expertise is in the area of growth, healing, and adaptation of soft (ligament, tendon, muscle, and articular cartilage) and hard (bone) tissues. Within this area we work experimentally and theoretically on the molecular/cellular, in vitro, in situ, and in vivo level. It also includes cell manipulation and mechanical testing and finite element modeling, continuum mechanics, simulations and theories of growth and adaptation.
AWARDS AND HONOURS
Recent Awards and Honours
See Curriculum Vitae (PDF format) for a complete list
| 2020 | Outstanding Reviewer, CIHR College of Reviewers, 2019 Fall Grant Competition |
| 2018 | Killam Prize in Engineering from Canada Council for the Arts for body of work in musculoskeletal biomechanics |
| 2017 | Geoffrey Dyson Career Award from the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports |
| 2001-2022 | Canada Research Chair in Cellular and Molecular Biomechanics, Tier I |
| 2011-2021 | Killam Memorial Chair |
| 2016-2019 | Chair Person, 27th International Society of Biomechanics Conference to be hosted in Calgary in 2019 |
| 2016 | Elected Honorary Member, Chilean Association for Human Movement Science |
| 2015 | Inaugural Fellowship - International Society of Biomechanics |
| 2015 | Kinesiology Outstanding Supervisor Award |
| 2015 | Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program Outstanding Supervisor Award |
| 2013 | Induction into the Royal Society of Canada Fellowship |
| 2012 | Izaak Walton Killam Graduate Supervision & Mentoring Award |
| 2011 | American Society of Biomechanics, Elected Fellow |
| 2007-2009 | President‑International Society of Biomechanics |
| 2006 | Canadian Society for Biomechanics, Elected Fellow and Career Award |
| 2006 | Winner, ASB Borelli Award, Premier Research Award of the American Society of Biomechanics Presentation, Title: Of myosins, muscles and mechanisms of contraction |
| 2003-2004 | President, American Society for Biomechanics |
| 2003 | Winner of the Inaugural Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Supervision, University of Calgary |
| 2002 | Winner of the President's Circle Award for Excellence and Creativity in Scientific Research, University of Calgary |
| 2001 | Inaugural Research excellence Award, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB |
| 1995-1997 | President, Canadian Society for Biomechanics |
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
| 2020-2021 | International Scientific Committee Member, IUPESM World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering 2021 (WC2021), Singapore |
| 2019-2022 | Scientific Committee Member, European Society of Biomechnaics COngress, Warsaw, Poland 2022 |
| 2020-2022 | Scientific Advisory Board Member, International oOngress on Science and Skiing (ICSS), Austria, 2022 |
| 2019 | Young Investigator Award Committee Member, International Society in Science and Sports, Vuokatti, Finland, March 2019 |
| 2018-2019 | Conference Chair,4th Rocky Mountain Muscle Symposium, Canmore AB |
| 2017-2019 | Conference Chair, XXVII Congress of theInternational Society of Biomechanics, Calgary AB, July 31 - August 4, 2019 |
| 2017-2021 | Vice-chair, Motor Control Group, International Society of Biomechanics |
| 2016-2018 | Scientific Reviewer/ Scientific Chair of Locomotion and Human Movement for the 8th World Congress of Biomechanics in Dublin, Ireland, July 2018 |
| 2016 | Borelli Career Award Committee member for the American Society of Biomchanics Conference, raleigh NC, August 2016 |
| 2017-present | Reviewer, CIHR College of Reviewers |
| 1990-present | Reviewer, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada |
| 2019-present | Editorial Board, BMC Biomedical Engineering |
| 2016-present | Associate Editor, International Journal of Molecular Sciences |
| 2016-present | Editorial Board, Chiropractic & Manual Therapies |
| 2015-present | Editorial Board, The Current Issues of Sport Science (CISS) |
| 2015-present | Editorial Board, Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology |
| 2015-present | Editorial Board, Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology |
| 2015-present | Advisory Board, German Journal of Sport Sciences |
| 2015-present | Editorial Board, International Journal of Mechnical and Materials Engineering |
| 2015-present | Advisory Board, Sportwissenschaft Journal |
| 2011-present | Co-Editor in Chief, Journal of Sport and Health Science |
| 2010-present | Editorial Board, Muscles, Ligaments and Tendons Journal |
| 2006-present | International Board Member, Sportorthopaedie-Sporttraumatologie |
| 2005-present | Editorial Board, Sports-Orthopaedics and Sports-Traumatology |
| 2005-present | Editorial Board, Molecular and Cellular Biomechanics |
| 2004-present | Associate Editor, Exercise and Sports Science Reviews |
| 2002-present | Associate Editor, IEEE, Transactions in Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering |
| 2002-present | Editorial Board, Journal of Biomechanics |
| 1997-present | Editorial Board, Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology |
| 1990-present | Editorial Board, Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics |
| 1990-present | Editorial Board, Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association |
| 1995-present | Editorial Board, Sportverletzung Sportschaden |
| 2016-2022 | Member, Nike Sport Research Advisory Board |
| 2019-present | Member, International Society of Electrophysiology and Kinesiology |
| 2018-present | Co-Leader Human Mobility Group, Biomedical Engineering Calgary Initiative |
| 2017-present | Chair, SUPPORT: Training and Professional Development, University of Calgary |
| 2016-present | Elected Honorary Member, Chilean Association for Human Movement Science |
| 2014-present | Member, Osteoarthritis Research Society International |
| 2015-present | Member, McCaig Executive Council |
| 2013-present | Fellow, Royal Society of Canada |
| 2014-present | Member, Regional Advisory Council for Germany, Uof C's International Strategy Team |
| 2010-present | Member, American Physiological Society |
| 2014-present | Member, Executive Committee of UCARE, Animal Resources Committee |
| 2012-present | Member, University Strategic Biomedical Engineering Committee, UofC |
| 2012-present | Member, Grant Submission SUPPORT Team, UofC |
| 2000-present | Member, Orthopaedic Research Society, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons |
| 1995-present | Member, Biophysical Society |
| 2017-present | Member, Brazilian Society of Biomechanics |
| 2000-present | Member, International Society of Biomechanics |
| 1993-present | Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| 1987-present | Member, Canadian Society of Biomechanics |
| 1983-present | Member, American Society of Biomechanics |
| 2004-present | Member, European Society of Biomechanics |
| 2013-present | Member, European Society of Sport Science |
CURRENT GRANT SUPPORT
| 2015-2022 | CIHR - $345,834/year |
| 2020-2025 | NSERC - $138,000/year |
| 2013-2021 | Canadian Chiropractic Research Foundation - $47,076/year |
| 2011-2021 | Killam Memorial Chair - $150,000/year |
| 2011-2022 | CIHR Canada Research Chair - $200,000/year |
| 2020-2022 | The Arthritis Society - $120,000/year |
| 2018-2021 | Alberta Spine Foundation - $75,000 |
PUBLICATIONS
More than 500 publications in scientific refereed journals, as well as author/editor of 6 books and over 50 book chapters, and over 900 refereed conference proceedings.
To view please see Walter Herzog's Curriculum Vitae.
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