Urs Granacher is full professor for Exercise and Human Movement Science at the Department of Sport and Sport Science, University of Freiburg. Between 2012 and 2022, he was head of the Department of Training and Movement Science, University of Potsdam. He graduated in Sport Science and received his PhD and habilitation (post-doctoral thesis) in exercise and movement science, University of Freiburg. His research priorities fall in the field of strength and conditioning in young athletes. Key components of his research constitute the development of targeted interventions (e.g., neuromuscular training, resistance training, balance training) to enhance measures of physical fitness, to examine neuromuscular adaptations, and to reduce injury occurrence. Dr. Granacher is member of ten editorial boards including Sports Medicine and the British Journal of Sports Medicine. He was appointed by the German Minister of the Interior as chairman of the PotAS-commission to reform the German elite sport system (https://www.potas.de).
