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ProfessorLyndell Bruce

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Director, Deakin Sport

Partnerships/Strategic Partnerships/Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition

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  • Director, Deakin Sport
    Partnerships/Strategic Partnerships/Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition
  • +61 3 924 68967 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

BIO

Professor Lyndell Bruce is the Director for Sport at Deakin University. She is also a member of the Centre for Sport Research (CSR) within the Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN) (ipan.deakin.edu.au). She is a level 2 accredited sport scientist with Exercise and Sport Science Australia and combines her academic research with applied practice. Her research interests stem for her applied and research experience in Skill Acquisition and Performance Analysis. Lyndell is also the Associate Head of School (Partnerships) for the School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences. 


For more detail about Prof Bruce’s research interests, please see the ‘My research’ tab. She has supervised 6 PhD students, 9 Masters student projects and 13 honours students. 

Dr Bruce joined the Australasian Skill Acquisition Network executive committee in 2023.

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Director, Deakin Sport
    Deakin University, Strategic Partnerships

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Director of Sport
    Deakin University, Burwood, Australia13 Oct 2025 - present
  • Professor in Sport Science
    Deakin University, Australia13 Oct 2025 - present
  • Senior Lecturer in Sports Science
    Deakin University, Centre for Sport Research (CSR) within the Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN) | School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Burwood, Australia30 Oct 2017 - 31 Dec 2024
  • Associate Professor in Sports Science
    Deakin University, Geelong, Australia1 Jan 2025 - 13 Oct 2025

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • High Performance Manager
    Boroondara Express, Australia1 Jan 2020 - present

DEGREES

  • Doctor of Philosophy
    University of South Australia, Australia
  • Bachelor of Applied Science (Human Movement) (Honours)
    Federation University Australia, Ballarat, Ballarat, Australia
  • Graduate Diploma of Tertiary Learning and Teaching
    Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

FIELDS OF RESEARCH

  • Sports science and exercise
  • Clinical sciences
  • Applied and developmental psychology
  • Sports science and exercise not elsewhere classified
  • Sensory processes, perception and performance
  • Vision science

AVAILABILITY FOR SUPERVISION

  • Masters by Research and PhD supervision

AREA/FACULTY

  • Partnerships

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE/DISCIPLINE

  • Partnerships

SPECIALIST RESEARCH GROUP

  • Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition

AREAS OF EXPERTISE