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ollowing his PhD in Sport Sciences at the University of Nice, Dr Julien Louis worked at the French Institute of Sport in Paris for four years as a Sports Scientist. He became the Institute’s Head of Sport Nutrition and was responsible for providing nutritional support to all French Olympic athletes. In September 2015, however, Julien left his high profile job to join LJMU’s Sport and Exercise Sciences team. His reason? The University’s world class reputation for research. “Research is my first love and I wanted to develop my research skills,” explained Julien. “The team at LJMU have a world class reputation and I wanted to be part of that. Now I carry out research in sports nutrition, lecture in the subject and provide nutritional support to Liverpool Football Club. Every day brings something new, with a mix of practical work, lab work and teaching.” So, what does Julien think of our University and our city? “The LJMU team is excellent, the facilities are first class and Liverpool is a very good place to be with a great atmosphere, nice places to live and a very positive outlook. At LJMU I am doing what I love and it is a pleasure to come to work.”
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