Speaker Profile

I’ve always loved math and science, learning and being active and involved in sports. I earned my undergraduate degree in Mathematical Science from Clemson University in 2010. As an undergrade, I was looking for ways to combine my love of sports and math when I discovered the field of biomechanics. Applying mathematical principals to report and discover the limits and capabilities of the human body was fascinating, and I earned my MS and PhD in Biomechanics and Movement Science from the University of Delaware in 2015. In graduate school, I studied upper extremity biomechanics with a focus on scapular mechanics in healthy and pathological populations. I fell in love with biomechanics and motion capture. After graduate school, I worked as a biomechanical research engineer at Nemours/A. I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware. During this time, I augmented my clinical skills while developing my own research interests. I joined Wake Forest University School of Medicine in October of 2018 as an Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery. Over the last seven years, I have built the Wake Forest Pitching Lab and served as Wake Forest Baseball’s biomechanist. The lab includes an impressive amount of technology and tools, but an even more impressive team of experts that I lead. This team includes sports medicine physicians, athletic trainers, strength and conditioning coaches, baseball coaching staff, and graduate students. Together we have leveraged our expertise and technology to approach pitching biomechanics in an innovative way that serves athletes at all levels.