Llion A Roberts, PhD
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Career Timeline (Verified)
- Affiliation on Study 1 (2018): University of Queensland (School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences), the Queensland Academy of Sport (Sport Performance Innovation and Knowledge Excellence), and Griffith University (School of Allied Health Sciences and Menzies Health Institute Queensland). Source: PubMed PMID 29470824 affiliation fields.
- Built his publication record around post-exercise recovery physiology: first-author experimental studies on cold water immersion and muscle recovery at UQ/QAS from 2014-2016 (PMIDs 25121612, 26062633, 26174323, 26818586, 27704555, 29263116), with co-authors including Coombes, Peake, and Kazunori Nosaka (Edith Cowan University).
- Current affiliation (papers 2024-2026): Griffith University (Gold Coast) plus UQ and QAS; OpenAlex lists his last-known institution as Griffith University. Sources: PubMed affiliation fields on PMIDs 41875053, 42487262; OpenAlex.
- Caveat: his doctoral degree itself (institution and year) is strongly indicated by the 2014-2016 first-author experimental arc at UQ but is not formally documented in any source we could fetch - unverified - omitted (no institution or year is stated for his doctorate).
Achievements and Standing (Verified)
- Bibliometrics (OpenAlex, as of 2026-09-03): 74 indexed works, over 1,800 citations, h-index 23.
- Senior (final-listed) author of the 2023 Sports Medicine narrative review "Where Does Blood Flow Restriction Fit in the Toolbox of Athletic Development?" (PMID 37578669), a benchmark review in the blood flow restriction field.
- Continuing active researcher: first-author paper on cold water immersion and mitochondrial function published 2026 (PMID 42487262).
Role in Study 1
Co-author of Study 1. See Study 1: Turning Up the Heat (Sports Medicine, 2018).
Identifiers
ORCID: 0000-0002-2284-1033
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Sources
OpenAlex author record · PubMed author corpus · Study 1 on PubMed (PMID 29470824)
Profile verified as of 2026-09-03; annual re-verification scheduled. Every statement is traceable to the sources above; facts that could not be verified are omitted.