Dr. Landon Lempke

Biography

Landon Lempke is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the School of Kinesiology at the University of Michigan. He completed his bachelor's degree in athletic training at Illinois State University in 2016 and went on to earn his master's degree in kinesiology from the University of Virginia in 2017. Lempke received his doctoral degree in exercise science with a focus on biomechanics from the University of Georgia in 2021, followed by a post-doctoral research fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital in 2022. His research focuses on sport-related concussions and aims to prevent, assess, manage, and rehabilitate concussions effectively. Specifically, he investigates reaction time, human movement biomechanics, and the decision-making processes involved in return-to-play protocols. Lempke’s work has received funding from various organizations, including the National Athletic Trainers’ Association and the American College of Sports Medicine. He has been recognized by notable organizations such as the American Kinesiology Association and the Pediatric Research in Sports Medicine society for his contributions to the field. His key areas of interest include sport-related concussion, dual-task paradigms, human biomechanics, and functional movement assessments.

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