Dr. Ross Anthony Julian

Dr. Ross Anthony Julian

Wilhelm-Schickard-Str. 8, room C1.0.02
48149 Münster

T: +49 251 83 32470

Consultation Hours

Consultation hours in the summer semester 2024 (Starting April 2024): Thursdays, 14:30 - 16:30. 

To book an appointment, please use this link.


Academic Profiles

External Profile

  • Research Foci

    • Physiological and physical profiling of female footballers
    • Monitoring techniques/models/systems of fatigue and recovery in elite sport
    • Science and health in football
    • Performance physiology in elite sports
    • Sex differences in physical and physiological responses to sport and exercise
    • Hormonal responses to exercise and performance

  • CV

    Academic Education

    PhD at the Institute for Sports and Preventive Medicine, Saarland University, Germany
    Post Graduate Scholarship 'Science and Health in Football'. Awarded by the Institute for Sport and Preventive Medicine, Saarbrücken, Germany. Funded by the German Academic Exchange Service.
    MSc. Sport and health science; University of Exeter, England.
    BSc. (Hons). Health, fitness and physical activity; University college Plymouth St. Mark and St. John, England.

    Positions

    Senior Lecturer & Module Coordinator in Human Performance & Exercise Science, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
    Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Applied Sport & Exercise Sciences, University of Gloucestershire, England
    Lecturer in Human Performance & Exercise Science, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
    Research assistant at the Institute for Sports and Preventive Medicine, Saarland, Germany
    Social Media Coordinator for the Journal 'Science and Medicine in Football'
    PhD at the Institute for Sports and Preventive Medicine, Saarland University, Germany

  • Teaching

  • Publications

    • Maliszewski K, Feldmann A, McCully KK, Julian R. (). A systematic review of the relationship between muscle oxygen dynamics and energy rich phosphates. Can NIRS help? BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation, 16. doi: 10.1186/s13102-024-00809-5.

    • Wirtz S, Julian R, Schmale R, Eils E. (). Concurrent Validity and Reliability of In-Field Vertical Jump Performance Measures on Sand Surfaces. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 38(4), 687–693. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000004681.
    • Voelcker-Rehage Claudia, Kutz Dieter F., Julian Ross. (). Neurocognition and Movement. In Schüler, Julia; Wegner, Mirko; Plessner, Henning; Eklund, Robert C. (Eds.), Sport and Exercise Psychology: Theory and Application (pp. 71–92). Basel : Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-03921-8_4.
    • McGawley K, Sargent D, Noordhof D, Badenhorst C.E, Julian R, Govus A.D. (). Improving menstrual health literacy in sport. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 26(7). doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2023.06.007.

    • Salter J, Julian R, Mentzel SV, Hamilton A, Hughes JD, De Ste Croix M. Maturity status influences perceived training load and neuromuscular performance during an academy soccer season. Research in Sports Medicine (). doi: 10.1080/15438627.2022.2102916.
    • Laske H, Konjer M, Julian R. (). Zyklusorientiertes Training in der Leichtathletik. Leichtathletiktraining, 2022(9).
    • Schleitzer S, Wirtz S, Julian R, Eils E. (). Development and evaluation of an inertial measurement unit (IMU) system for jump detection and jump height estimation in beach volleyball Entwicklung und Evaluation eines inertialen Messeinheitensystems (IMU-Systems) zur Sprungerkennung und Sprunghöhenbestimmung im Beachvolleyball. German Journal of Exercise and Sport Research, 52(2), 228–236. doi: 10.1007/s12662-022-00822-1.
    • Page RM, Field A, Langley B, Harper LD, Julian R. The Effects of Fixture Congestion on Injury in Professional Male Soccer: A Systematic Review. Sports Medicine (). doi: 10.1007/s40279-022-01799-5.
    • Holzhauer LKH, Julian R, Hughes LD. You don't run lying down - A novel tool to assess standing isometric hip-extension strength: A pilot study. Sport Performance & Science Reports (). 1st Ed..
    • Julian, R., Muhle, M., Spielmann, J., Voelcker-Rehage, C., Mayer, J. Beavan, A. (). Acute responses to blood flow restriction exercise: can cooling alleviate the negatives? . In 25. Sportwissenschaftlicher Hochschultag der dvs, Kiel.

    • Julian R, Skorski S, Hecksteden A, Pfeifer C, Bradley PS, Schulze E, Meyer T. (). Menstrual cycle phase and elite female soccer match-play: influence on various physical performance outputs. Science and Medicine in Football, 5(2), 97–104. doi: 10.1080/24733938.2020.1802057.
    • Harper LD, Jones S, Julian R, Page R. (). Fixture congestion in professional football: An overview of the evidence on the prevalence and effect of fixture congestion in professional football. The Sport and Exercise Scientist: The official publication of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences, 1.
    • Clarke AC, Govus AD, Bruinvels G, Julian R, Inge P, Pedlar CR. (). Hormonal contraceptive use in football codes in Australia. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 1. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2021.634866.
    • Schulze E, Julian R, Skorski S. (). The Accuracy of a Low-Cost GPS System during Football-Specific Movements. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 20.
    • Schulze, E., Julian, R., Meyer, T. (). Exploring Factors Related to Goal Scoring Opportunities in Professional Football. Science and Medicine in Football, 6. doi: 10.1080/24733938.2021.1931421.

    • Julian R, Page RM, Harper LD. The Effect of Fixture Congestion on Performance During Professional Male Soccer Match-Play: A Systematic Critical Review with Meta-Analysis. Sports Medicine (). doi: 10.1007/s40279-020-01359-9DO-10.1007/s40279-020-01359-9.
    • Julian R, Sargent D. (). Periodisation: tailoring training based on the menstrual cycle may work in theory but can they be used in practice? Science and Medicine in Football, 4(4), 1–2. doi: 10.1080/24733938.2020.1828615.

    • Julian R, Booth A, Helms M, Page R. (). Comparison of in-season external and internal load across a professional junior soccer academy. In European College of Sport Science, Prague, Czech Republic.
    • Julian R, Skorski S, Schimpchen J, Hecksteden A, Tim Meyer. (). Changes in physical fitness and blood-borne parameters over one season in non-professional female footballers. Sport Performance & Science Reports, 1.

    • Meyer T, Julian R, Thompson C. (). Exercise Physiology of Football: Factors Related to Performance and Health. In Musahl, V., Karlsson, J., Krutsch, W., Mandelbaum, B.R., Espregueira-Mendes, J., d'Hooghe, P. (Eds.), Return to Play in Football - An Evidence-based Approach (pp. 85–99).
    • Brodatzki, Y., Julian, R. (). Evaluating the knee valgus with drop and attack jumps and the use of the LESS as a screening method in young elite female and semi-professional volleyball athletes. In ECSS Congress Dublin 2018, Dublin, Irland.

    • Julian R, Meyer T, Fullagar HHK, Skorski S, Pfeiffer M, Kellmann M, Ferrauti A, Hecksteden A. (). Individual Patterns in Blood-Borne Indicators of Fatigue - Trait or Chance. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 31(3), 608–619. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000001390.
    • Julian R, Hecksteden A, Fullagar H, Meyer T. (). The effects of menstrual cycle phase on physical performance in female soccer players. PloS one, 12(3). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173951.
    • McCunn R, Aus der Fünten K, Govus A, Julian R, Schimpchen J, Meyer T. (). The intra- and inter-rater reliability of the soccer injury movement screen (sims). International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy, 12(1), 53–66.
    • Julian R, Skorski S, Hecksteden A, Meyer T. (). Effects of menstrual cycle on physical match performance in elite female football players. In World Conference of Science in Soccer, Rennes, France.

    • Bowtell J, Jackman S, Scott S, Connolly L, Mohr M, Ermidis G, Julian R, Yousefian F, Helge E, Jørgensen N, Fulford J, Knapp K, Krustrup P. (). Short duration small sided football and to a lesser extent whole body vibration exercise induce acute changes in markers of bone turnover. BioMed Research International, 2016(null). doi: 10.1155/2016/3574258.
    • Fullagar H, Skorski S, Duffield R, Julian R, Bartlett J, Meyer T. (). Impaired sleep and recovery after night matches in elite football players. Journal of Sports Sciences, 34(14), 1333–1339. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2015.1135249.
    • Hecksteden A, Pitsch W, Julian R, Pfeiffer M, Kellmann M, Ferrauti A, Meyer T. (). A New Method to Individualize Monitoring of Muscle Recovery in Athletes. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 14.
    • Julian R, Hecksteden A, Meyer T. (). The effects of self-reported menstrual cycle phase on physical football performance. In European College of Sport Science, Vienna, Austria.

    • Fullagar H, Duffield R, Skorski S, Coutts A, Julian R, Meyer T. (). Sleep and recovery in team sport: Current sleep-related issues facing professional team-sport athletes. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 10(8), 950–957. doi: 10.1123/ijspp.2014-0565.

    • Connolly L, Scott S, Mohr M, Ermidis G, Julian R, Bangsbo J, Jackman S, Bowtell J, Davies R, Hopkins S, Seymour R, Knapp K, Krustrup P, Fulford J. (). Effects of small-volume soccer and vibration training on body composition, aerobic fitness, and muscular PCr kinetics for inactive women aged 20-45. Journal of Sport and Health Science, 3(4), 284–292. doi: 10.1016/j.jshs.2014.07.003.
    • Julian R, Hecksteden A, Fullagar H, Skorski S, Hammes D, Meyer T. (). Individual patterns in blood-borne indicators of fatigue - fortuity or trait. In European College of Sport Science, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Reviewer for

  • European Journal of Applied Physiology

  • International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance

  • Journal of Sport Sciences
  • Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research
  • Science and Medicine in Football