Alyssa Younker

Alyssa Younker, PhD, currently serves as the Head Performance Physiologist at Human Powered Health since September 2023. Prior to this role, Alyssa held positions as an Adjunct Faculty Instructor at Simmons University and Lasell University from 2022 to September 2023. Additionally, Alyssa was the Department Chair and Assistant Professor of Exercise Science and Public Health at Columbia College (SC) from 2021 to 2022. From 2018 to 2021, Alyssa contributed as both an Adjunct Instructor and Assistant Track & Field Coach and Head Sport Scientist at Milligan University, while also serving as a Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant at East Tennessee State University during the same period. Alyssa began their academic career as a Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant at the University of South Carolina from 2016 to 2018. Alyssa earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Sports and Exercise from East Tennessee State University and a Bachelor's degree in Kinesiology and Exercise Science from the University of North Florida.