Ludovic Seifert
President
Ludovic Seifert is Professor at the Faculty of Sport Sciences at University of Rouen Normandy in France. He conducts his research in the field of Motor Learning and Motor Control following Ecological Dynamics framework (https://uk.humankinetics.com/products/Dynamics-of-Skill-Acquisition-2nd-Edition?variant=13580990316619). His main research topics relate to expertise in sport, movement variability, skill transfer and dynamics of learning. He is the vice dean of the CETAPS lab at the University of Rouen Normandy and awarded as senior member of the French University Institute (IUF) in 2021. He works closely with professional clubs and several sport federations. Finally, he is Mountain Guide certified by IFMGA.
Peter Wolf
Vice President
Peter Wolf is a senior researcher at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. In addition to assistive and therapeutic technologies for people with neuromuscular impairments, he develops devices for measuring performance in sports. In climbing, he is currently focusing on recording the forces per rung on a campus board and on markerless movement analysis in bouldering. Peter organised the 2nd IRCRA Congress in Pontresina and the 6th IRCRA Congress in Bern and is trying to strengthen the exchange with the IFSC.
Kaja Langer
Vice President
Kaja entered the research world to follow her passion for climbing research after graduating from university with a state examination in sports and biology. As a PhD student at the Technical University of Darmstadt in Germany, her personal and professional goals are to explore the effects of training on climbing performance and to establish more standardized procedures in performance diagnostics. She can be credited with the publication of multiple articles in these areas. Kaja joined the IRCRA in 2021 and was elected to the Executive Board in 2023. When she`s not busy working, you can find her in the climbing gym training others or enjoying some time on the wall herself.
Taylor Reed
Vice President
Taylor is Director of the Beta Angel Project (www.beta-angel.com), a website aimed at translating research to practice. His primary research interests are on the relationship between science and practice and how both motor learning theory and technology can improve performance. In his former life, he was a consultant working in the field of government policy, specializing in the relationship between policy, regulation, strategy, and science. Taylor has a Master’s degree in International Relations from the University of Denver, where he spent his graduate work focused on political psychology. He lives in the state of Colorado with his wife and two Bengal cats.