Baptiste MOREL
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After earning his PhD in 2014 (University of Lyon 1), Baptiste Morel was research and teaching assistant at the University of Saint Etienne (2014-2015) and then at Le Mans University (2015-2016) before being recruited as an associate Professor in 2016 (MIP Laboratory). In 2019, he moved to the University Savoie Mont-Blanc (Chambéry) and joined the LIBM. Since 2020, he has been responsible for the first year of master's degree (engineering and ergonomics of sporting products). Baptiste's research investigates fatigue phenomenon at the interface of muscle physiology and biomechanics. A first research area focuses on chronic fatigue in pathological populations. In this context, he is co-Principal Investigator of the interdisciplinary project “BIOCARE” (350 k €) which brings together five laboratories (> 20 researchers and clinicians) in order to create a biopsychosocial model of cancer related fatigue. His expertise has led him to collaborate in drafting the fatigue reference manual of the Francophone Association for Supportive Oncological Care and to be invited several times to national radio shows on fatigue (France Inter, France culture). He is also the author of an article on cancer fatigue in The Conversation (> 100,000 readers) and regularly attends outreach lectures. His second research area focus on sports performance through understanding the links between the mechanical conditions of exercise and the development of neuromuscular fatigue. In particular, he develops a conceptual framework and a mathematical model of the force-velocity-endurance relationship. This lead to collaborations with several professional sports structures (LOU Rugby, AG2R La Mondiale) or even the French cycling and rowing federations within a French national agency grant project for the Paris 2024 Olympics (THPCA 2024). In November 2020, Baptiste was the author of 19 scientific publications in indexed international journals, a book chapter and 28 scientific communications including 19 at international conferences. In his young career, he has to date supervised 3 PhD thesis and 13 Master’s thesis.
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Baptiste Morel (baptiste.morel-prieur @ univ-smb.fr)
Institution Université Savoie Mont Blanc (Chambéry) Team: [PAF] Position Associate professor
Publications
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1. The strength-velocity characteristic of muscle contraction influences the amplitude and origin of neuromuscular fatigability, with high level force contractions inducing increased central fatigue. 2. Decreases in maximum strength capacity and the rate of increase in strength are linked to different mechanisms and evolve in a dissociated manner during exercise. 3. The inter-individual variability of the origins of fatigue is very important, including the existence of more peripheral or central profiles. 4. The mechanical stiffness properties of the muscle tissue can be impacted by tiring exercise. 5. Validation of a simple method for evaluating the force-speed profile of the upper limbs in supine development. | |
