Dr. Jonathan Taylor is a Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise at Teesside University and Course Leader on the MSc Strength and Conditioning for Performance and Rehabilitation. Jonathan is also a BASES accredited Sport and Exercise Scientist, and has held accreditation since 2015 and currently holds a number of advisory group/comittee roles within BASES.

Jonathan was awarded his PhD (titled ‘Re-examining the role of repeated-sprinting in soccer) from the university in 2018, and also completed his MSc Sport and Exercise and BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise (Applied Sport Science) at Teesside University.

Jonathan has published research in various peer reviewed journals (Including Sports Medicine; International Journal of Sport Physiology and Performance; Journal of Sport Sciences; Science and Medicine in football) and presented at national/international conferences (including ECSS, WCSF, BASES and UKSCA conferences), and a variety of regional workshops for large Sports companies (including VALD performance and Statsports). Jonathan also regularly reviews for peer-reviewed journals such as ‘Journal of Sports Sciences’; ‘The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research’, and is an editorial team member on the International Journal of Strength and Conditioning.

He has also accumulated a substantial amount of practical experience in providing sport science support, and recently returned to the University following a 3-year period working at Middlesbrough football club as ‘Lead Academy Sport Scientist’. Previously, Jonathan managed the sport science service at Teesside University providing physiological and biomechanical support to athletes from a variety of sports (including endurance athletes, combat sports athletes and team sports players - amongst others). In addition to his status as an Accredited BASES member, Jonathan is BASES supervisor/reviewer for the supervised experience pathway to Accreditation.

In addition to providing sport science support, Jonathan has competed internationally as a middle-distance runner, and represented Great Britain and NI in the World and European Cross Country championships (2012/2013), and the European Athletics Championships (2016). He had the distinction of captaining the Great Britain and NI cross country team in a match with Europe and USA at the ‘Great Edinburgh Cross Country’ in 2015.

Jonathan's research to date has generally focused on enhancing team-sports performance, specifically through the use of high-intensity interval training and performance profiling/testing. He has also been involved in a number of other projects, most notably a collaborative project working with the North East Ambulance Service Trust to develop a occupational fitness test for ambulance workers.

Jonathan has an interest in other areas such as 'endurance/running performance' and 'the use of recovery strategies to optimize performance'.

Jonathan previously managed the University's Sport Science Service, and during this time worked with external clients from a variety of sports and backgrounds. With the Sport Science Service, Jonathan was able to establish a number of consultancy contracts with local institutions to support student athletes. He continues to provide consultancy to athletes/individuals outside of work.

• Course Leader - MSc Strength and Conditioning for Performance and Rehabilitation.
• Teaching on a variety of modules ranging from level 3 through to level 7 (On BSc Sport and Exercise Science; MSc Strength and Conditioning for Performance and Rehabilitation; MSc Sports Physiotherapy; BSc Sports Therapy)
• Contributing to curriculum design and development.
• Assisting in the management and running of the 'Health and Performance Clinic'.
• Personal tutoring/provision of pastoral care for students.
• Postgraduate supervision (i.e. PhD and MSc students).
• Contributing to the examination/progression of research students.
• Member of steering group managing the relationship between the University’s Sport and Exercise Section and Middlesbrough Football Club (Commercial partnership).
• Performing research for publication and national/international conference presentations.
• Contributing to internal course quality assurance as a panel member on course approval/review events.
• Deputy Chair - Health Research Ethics Comittee
• Member of the AI working group with the School of Health and Life Sciences

• Developing work ready graduates, closing the gap between industry expectation and graduate skillsets.
• Intergrating new and emerging technology into Learning and Teaching with a view to developing industry specific skills.
• Developing application and use of AI in learning and teaching. 

• BASES Accreditation Advisory Group - Member
• The Sport and Exercise Scientist (BASES) - Editorial Team Member
• BASES Network Rep
• International Journal of Strength and Conditioning - Editorial Team
• External Examiner: BSc Strength and Conditioning (University of Lincoln)
• BASES Accredited Sport and Exercise Scientist (CSci)
• Reviewer for a variety of Sport and Exercise Journals.