Welcome at the Associate Professorship of Exercise, Nutrition and Health!
Our overarching goal is to understand the interactions between diet and exercise and how we can use this knowledge to improve human health and performance. We are particularly interested in the multiple pathways how exercise affects energy balance, and how acute and chronic under- or overeating impact the regulation of body weight, body composition, metabolism, and musculoskeletal health.
News
The 31st Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science (ECSS) took place in Lausanne from 7 to 10 July 2026. Our professorship was represented in the congress programme with three scientific presentations and a Special Interest Group.
For Lucas Thurnherr, a doctoral researcher at the…
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On 21 July 2026, representatives of Germany’s elite sports federations gathered at the TUM Campus im Olympiapark for the second event in Munich’s bid series “20XX – For the City and for Sport”. The event focused on Munich’s bid to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2036, 2040 or 2044, as well…
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How does the menstrual cycle influence training, health and performance in elite female athletes? This question is addressed by the new WVL joint project “Athletin-D”, funded by the Federal Institute of Sport Science, in which our professorship is involved under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Karsten…
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After more than four years at the Chair of Exercise, Nutrition and Health, we bid farewell to PD Dr. sc. med. Christoph Höchsmann in his role as Research Associate and Postdoctoral Researcher. Since November 2021, Christoph has enriched our team in both research and teaching and has played a…
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The team of our professorship took part in this year’s 12th TUM Campus Run and competed in the Chair Challenge. Participants included Prof. Karsten Köhler, Dominik Eiban, Lucas Thurnherr, Valentin Nußer, Lena Fladerer, Katie Rainsberger, and Tanja Freitag-Duque.
In a sporting atmosphere at the TUM…
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A recent publication from the Chair of Exercise, Nutrition and Health at the Technical University of Munich provides new insights into the effects of caffeine on performance in biathlon. The project was led by Helena Engel, research associate at the chair, as part of her doctoral work. It was…
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We are very pleased to welcome two new colleagues to the Chair of Exercise, Nutrition and Health at the Technical University of Munich: Lena Fladerer and Tania Freitag-Duque are joining our sports nutrition team.
Lena Fladerer has been working as a research associate and doctoral candidate at the…
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We are pleased to share a sporting success from our team: Svenja Pfetsch won the 200-meter title at the German Indoor Championships in Dortmund. With a time of 23.52 seconds, the master’s student in the Health Science program at the Technical University of Munich secured the gold medal and set a…
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At the end of the year, the team at our chair came together for a joint Christmas celebration. The evening began with a relaxed get-together at the university, providing time for conversations, reflections on the past year, and personal exchange in a pleasant atmosphere.
Afterwards, the group…
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From 17 to 21 November, the Chair of Exercise, Nutrition and Health, represented by Professor Karsten Köhler and Dominik Eiban, joined a group of ten additional TUM students participating in an Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Program (BIP) at the University of Jyväskylä.
Following several…
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