Prof Angus Hunter

Angus Hunter is a Professor of Neuromuscular Physiology and Head of Sport Science at Nottingham Trent University (NTU). Prior to joining NTU in 2021, Angus served as Associate Dean of Research for the Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport at the University of Stirling, where he had been based since 2002. Angus completed a PhD at the University of Cape Town, supported by a foreign scholarship, focusing on the physiology of exercise and the mechanisms underpinning neural fatigue.
Angus’s research centres on understanding how the brain recruits muscle across different populations and conditions. This work spans a broad range of areas, including elite athletic performance, sarcopenia, rehabilitation, social prescribing, sport-related concussion, and non-communicable diseases in South African township populations.
Angus has secured external research funding from a wide range of organisations, including UKRI (MRC, BBSRC, Innovate UK), industry partners, the UK Ministry of Defence, the US Department of Defense, the British Council, sportscotland, UK Sport, and the South African government. Angus also serves as an expert scientific advisor to the UK Government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport.