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SIDDHARTHA BIKRAM PANDAY
Principal Investigator

Prof. SIDDHARTHA BIKRAM PANDAY, Ph.D.

Associate Professor · Hanyang University, Seoul

Director · Sports Innovation & Dynamics Lab

Founding Director · ASPIRE (Anti-Doping Research & Education)

Sports BiomechanicsMusculoskeletal ModellingSports TechnologyBig Data Analytics

About

Siddhartha Bikram Panday is an Associate Professor at Hanyang University and Director of the Sports Innovation & Dynamics Lab. His research bridges sports biomechanics, musculoskeletal modelling, wearable technology, and big data analytics to translate laboratory findings into real-world applications across elite sport, clinical rehabilitation, and community wellness. He is also Founding Director of ASPIRE, a regional hub advancing anti-doping science, education, and policy across the Asia-Pacific.

Education

2014.09 – 2021.02

Ph.D. in Sports Science (Kinesiology)

Seoul National University

Sports Engineering & Biomechanics · Advisor: Dr. Jooeun Ahn

2012.03 – 2014.08

M.S. in Physical Education

Kangwon National University

Biomechanics & Equipment Evaluation · Advisor: Dr. Jinho Back

2007.03 – 2012.02

B.S. in Leisure Sports

Kangwon National University

Academic Positions

2023.03 – Present

Associate Professor (Sports Science Major)

Hanyang University — Division of Sport Industry & Science

2018.03 – 2023.01

Assistant Professor

Keimyung University — Dept. of Sports & Leisure Studies

2015.03 – 2018.02

Assistant Professor

University of Suwon — Dept. of Fitness Management

Research Leadership

2023.03 – Present

Director & Principal Investigator

Sports Innovation & Dynamics Lab (SIDLAB), Hanyang University

2025 – Present

Founding Director

ASPIRE — Asia-Pacific Institute for Research in Anti-Doping & Education

Selected Publications

  • 01Joung, H. J., Panday, S. B., Lee, J. H., Ahn, J., & Park, M. S. (2026). Sex-Specific Variance in Gait Biomechanics: Machine Learning-Based Feature Prioritization for Personalized Assessment. Sex- and Gender-Specific Biomedicine, 1(1), 64–73.
  • 02Xing, K., Duan, R., Fang, Z., Sun, X., Koo, D., & Panday, S. B. (2025). Does Frequency of Mechanical Vibration Matter? Evaluating the Impact of WBV Training on Older Adults. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
  • 03Prock, M., O’Sullivan, D. M., & Panday, S. B. (2025). Understanding age-based kinetic and kinematic variations in taekwondo’s spinning heel kick. International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, 1–20.
  • 04Panday, S. B., Pathak, P., & Ahn, J. (2024). Professional long-distance runners achieve high efficiency at the cost of weak orbital stability. Heliyon.
  • 05Pathak, P., Panday, S. B., & Ahn, J. (2022). ANN model effectively estimates muscle and fat mass using simple demographic and anthropometric measures. Clinical Nutrition, 41(1), 144–152.
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Honors & Awards

2016

Best Presentation Award — Korean Society of Sport Biomechanics (KSSB)

2014 – 2016

SNU Global Scholarship — Seoul National University

2014

Excellent Academic Researcher Award — Kangwon National University

2013

Best Paper Award — AGST Conference, Qingdao