Nicolas Tordi (PhD) - Website

Mes infos

CURRICULUM VITAE

Home Address                                  3 Rue Goya

                                                       25000 Besançon France

Office address:

EA 3920 - Explorations Fonctionnelles Respiratoires

2 place St Jacques

25030 Besancon cedex France

tel 33 (0)3 81 21 87 50

fax 33 (0)3 81 21 87 46

email: nicolas.tordi@univ-fcomte.fr

Date of birth and birth place               September 6, 1967 in Nancy (France)

Education

• January 2006- August 2006: Research leave: Department of Kinesiology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario Canada
• June 2000- September 2000: Graduate training: University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario Canada, under the direction of Richard Hughson
• 1998 Ph.D. in Sport Sciences
• Thesis "Training with the Square Wave Exercise Endurance Test on a wheelchair and a cycle ergometer and effect on the untrained limbs".
• 1995 : Master degree in Sport Sciences University of Nancy France

Positions held:

• From 1999 Associate Professor in Sport Science in the University of Besançon

               Teaching Physiology and Biomechanics

               Master and Licence (adapted physical activities and sport training)

• 1996-1999 Sport teacher at the University of Besançon
• 1990-1996 Sport teacher for the secondary school

Research interests:

Research interest stemmed from arterial pressure control through mechanical properties of the vasculature and then autonomic influences. For several years I conducted studies directed toward understanding of the cardiovascular function and its regulation. These studies were performed with patients and in healthy subjects in whom changes in control conditions are triggered by physiological strains as physical exercise, exposure to high or low temperatures, water immersion. My major area of interest is the physiological effects of exercise training. Since physical rehabilitation may become an important component of therapeutic management of many diseases (cardiovascular, pulmonary, metabolic...) the assessment of circulatory homeostasis first developed for pathological conditions was used to study the effect of physical training in healthy and more recently in disabled persons.  This knowledge shall also be used toward a better assessment of how regular exercising may improve the preservation of cardiovascular functions during aging. Recent work used a cross-sectional design to study the effects of chronic exercise on the aerobic fitness and cardiovascular function of different populations (spinal cord injured population vs. able bodied population; well trained cyclists)

Journals refereed for:

American journal of Hypertension

International Journal of Sport Medicine

European journal of Applied Physiology

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Science et Motricité (French Scientific Journals)

Science et Sports (French Scientific Journals)