Luke is a Ph.D. student in the School of Kinesiology under the supervision of Dr. Eli Puterman. In 2021, he completed his Master of Science at UBC with his thesis entitled: “Acute effects of outdoor versus indoor exercise: a systematic review and meta-analysis.” Luke was a competitive swimmer for nearly 20 years and his athletic career has shaped his future research goals and has driven him to examine the relationship between athletes’ performance and their physical & mental health. A budding sport scientist, his research will involve the examination of psychophysiological mechanisms and models that predict the relationship between stress, performance, and health. Luke is currently working on the APEX study to examine the effect of acute stress on exercise performance in a cycling time trial in a healthy female population.
