
Prof. SIDDHARTHA BIKRAM PANDAY, Ph.D.
Associate Professor · Hanyang University, Seoul
Director · Sports Innovation & Dynamics Lab
Founding Director · ASPIRE (Anti-Doping Research & Education)
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
Ph.D. in Sports Science (Kinesiology)
Seoul National University
Sports Engineering & Biomechanics · Advisor: Dr. Jooeun Ahn
M.S. in Physical Education
Kangwon National University
Biomechanics & Equipment Evaluation · Advisor: Dr. Jinho Back
B.S. in Leisure Sports
Kangwon National University
Academic Positions
Associate Professor (Sports Science Major)
Hanyang University — Division of Sport Industry & Science
Assistant Professor
Keimyung University — Dept. of Sports & Leisure Studies
Assistant Professor
University of Suwon — Dept. of Fitness Management
Research Leadership
Director & Principal Investigator
Sports Innovation & Dynamics Lab (SIDLAB), Hanyang University
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.
Honors & Awards
Best Presentation Award — Korean Society of Sport Biomechanics (KSSB)
SNU Global Scholarship — Seoul National University
Excellent Academic Researcher Award — Kangwon National University
Best Paper Award — AGST Conference, Qingdao