About Me
Nic was born and raised in Longwood, FL, just outside of Orlando. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Science. After graduation he pursued biomechanics research interests at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, MD. He spent two years at the NIH as a Post Baccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award Fellow (IRTA) prior to attending graduate school at the University of Virginia (UVA). At UVA Nic was mentored by Dr. Silvia Blemker in the Multi-scale Muscle Mechanics Lab. The contributions of Nic’s dissertation work were to better understand acute muscle tissue strain injury susceptibility relative to an individual’s muscle shape, size and activation. Nic now works as a Postdoctoral Research Associate under the supervision of Dr. Andrew Anderson in the Orthopaedics Research Lab. Nic’s research focus is the connection between hip bone geometry in patients and movement deficiencies/tissue damage. He uses a combination of medical imaging (CT and MRI), motion capture (dual fluoroscopy and marker motion) and modeling (biomechanical and finite element). Outside of work Nic enjoys playing soccer, going to concerts, snowboarding and hiking with his wife and dog, Amos