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Jose-M-Saavedra

Jose M. Saavedra (Director)

Professor

Sports Science Department  

E-mail: saavedra@ru.is
Phone: +354 5996343

PhD thesis: A multidimensional evaluation in young Spanish swimmers, University of A Coruña (Spain), 2002.  BSc: University of A Coruña (Spain), 1994.

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Ásrún Matthíasdóttir

Assistant Professor

Sports Science Department

E-mail: asrun@ru.is
Phone: +354 5996272

PhD thesis: After they turn on the screen: Use of information and communication technology in an upper secondary school in Iceland, University of Iceland, 2015. MA thesis: The division of early childhood education in the Icelandic University of Education. The attitudes of students and teachers in distance education, Open University UK (UK), 1999. BSc final project: Program for school timetable, University of Iceland, 1988.

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Brian D. Marshall

Part time lecturer.      

Sports Science Department

Email: bdm@ru.is 

Phone: +45 22736964

MSc thesis: Environmental tobacco smoke in Icelandic homes: Infant exposure and parental attitudes and behaviour (Development within Iceland between 1995 and 2006).Reykjavik University, 2007

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Hafrún Kristjánsdóttir

Associate professor.                    Head of Department – Sports Science. 


E-mail: hafrunkr@ru.is
Phone: +354 599 6200

PhD thesis: Improving access to psychological therapies in Iceland by offering transdiagnostic cognitive behavioural group therapy – Psychometric issues and treatment effectiveness, University of Iceland (Iceland), 2015.  MSc thesis: Psychological skills training in basketball. University of Iceland (Iceland), 2005.  BSc thesis: Coping with cancer. University of Iceland (Iceland), 2003.

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Hermund Sigmundsson

Professor.

Sports Science Department

E-mail: hermundur.sigmundsson@svt.ntnu.no  

PhD thesis: Inter-and intra-sensory modality matching in motor-impaired children. Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway), 1998.  MSc: University College Levanger (Norway) 1992.  Candidatus Magesterii: College Centre in Nordland (Norway), 1990.

Hjalti R. Oddsson

Hjalti R. Oddsson

Adjunct

Sports Science Department

E-mail: hjaltio@ru.is
Phone : +354 5996200
MSc thesis: Athlete profile: Basic anthropometry, physical fitness and specific skill of the Icelandic female youth national teams. Reykjavik University (Iceland), 2018. BSc thesis: Optimal dosage of eccentric strength training for rehabilitation of chronic mid-portion Achilles tendinopathy. A systematic review. University College Lillebælt (Denmark), 2013.
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Ingi Thor Einarsson

Adjunct. 

Sports Science Department.

E-mail: ingithore@ru.is
Phone: + 354 6947323

PhD thesis: Physical fitness and health of Icelandic children with intellectual disability. University of Iceland. 2018. MSc thesis: Between and within race changes in race parameters in swimmers with intellectual disabilities, University of Iceland, 2008.  BSc: Educational University of Iceland, 2004.

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Kristján Halldórsson

Adjunct. 

Sports Science Department

E-mail: kristjanha@ru.is
Phone: + 354 4205500

BSc: University of Iceland. 1980 


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Magnus K. Gislason

Associate professor.  

Biomedical Engineering Department

E-mail: magnuskg@ru.is
Phone: +354 5996344

PhD thesis: Finite element analysis of the wrist joint, University of Strathclyde (UK), 2008.  MSc thesis: Force analysis in wrist joints, University of Strathclyde (UK), 2002.  BSc thesis: Blood flow in the retina, University of Iceland (Iceland), 2000.

Margaret L. Guðmundsdóttir

Margaret L. Guðmundsdóttir

Adjunct. 

Sports Science Department

E-mail: margretlilja@ru.is
Phone : +354 8511110

MA thesis: Electronic performance monitoring and the Icelandic workplace, University of Iceland (Iceland), 2004. BA thesis: Dot system: Legislation against traffic violations, University of Iceland (Iceland), 1999

Svein Thorgeirsson

Svein Thorgeirsson

Adjunct. 

Sports Science Department

E-mail: sveinntho@ru.is
Phone : +354 6975098

MSc thesis: The physical and physiological difference between soccer academy players and their non-academy teammates. Reykjavik University (Iceland), 2012.  BSc thesis: Specialization guidelines for male adolescence practicing both handball and football, Reykjavik University (Iceland), 2010.

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Ben Waller

Visiting professor

Sports Science Department

E-mail: ben.waller@jyu.fi
Phone : +358 40 8053569
PhD thesis: The effect of aquatic exercise on pain, function, fat mass and biochemical composition of cartilage in knee OA. University of Jyväskylä (Finland), 2017. MSc thesis: Injury risk factors in elite Finnish swimming: a 12-month retrospective study. University of Jyväskylä (Finland), 2010. BSc thesis: How do Respiratory Physicians perceive the role of the physiotherapist in the treatment of COPD. University of Brighton (UK), 2001.




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