Arnel Aguinaldo, Ph.D.

Arnel Aguinaldo, Ph.D.

President

Arnel Aguinaldo is an Associate Professor of Kinesiology and Athletic Training as well as the Director of the Padres Biomechanics Laboratory at Point Loma Nazarene University. He has a BS in Bioengineering from the University of California, San Diego and a PhD in Health and Human Performance from Concordia University Chicago. He is a Certified Athletic Trainer and an active member of the American College of Sports Medicine, International Society of Biomechanics in Sports, and International Society of Biomechanics. He maintains a busy research load having performed and extensively published studies in the areas of baseball biomechanics, footwear research, gait analysis, and sports medicine. Dr. Aguinaldo’s research interests currently lie in the development and implementation of segmental and induced energy flow models of baseball pitching and hitting, which stems from his passion and foundational work in baseball biomechanics in general.