I am currently acting as head of department, contribuiting to both Bachelor and Master curricula while also serving as co-chair of the PhD commission within the Medical Faculty, where I lead the Graduate School Health Science working group. My involvement extends to strategic planning initiatives such as ESP 2026-2029.

I am also associate editor for Sports Psychiatry and serve on the editorial boards of Psychology of Sport and Exercise and Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy. As a recognized expert in this field, I conducted over 260 peer reviews for prestigious journals and was honored with the Reviewer of the Year award by Psychology of Sport and Exercise in 2022. My peer review contributions have earned me multiple awards, including several Publons Top Peer Reviewer Awards. I am the Vice President of the Swiss Association of Sport Sciences (SGS) since 2020, after serving as a board member from 2008 to 2012.

Throughout my career, I have received numerous honors, including the Young Investigator Award in 2008 and recognition as a Fellow of AIESEP (Association Internationale des Ecoles Supérieures d’Education Physique) in 2018.

Major Achievements

I have published more than 300 peer-reviewed articles in top international journals and authored or edited 10 books. According to the Ioannidis-Report, I am among the 200 most influential sport scientists worldwide. I have successfully implemented several large-scale international intervention studies, leading to the establishment of the UNESCO Chair on Physical Activity and Health in Educational Settings at the University of Basel. I am collaborating closely with numerous clinical institutions, the Swiss TPH and several other global research institutions.

I have more that 15 years of experience in physical activity counseling research. I developed the first physical activity counseling program for in-patients with major depressive disorders. I am contributing to the education of health coaches through the CAS Personal Health Coach program at the University of Basel, which is recognized by the Empirical Medical Register of Switzerland and supported by Swiss health insurance companies.