Mike Haischer PhD
Secretary General
Mike is the Lab Manager at the Athletic and Human Performance Research Center at Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI. He oversees day-to-day lab operations, leads long-term academic and research initiatives, and supports faculty investigators in achieving their research goals. Additionally, Mike works with Marquette Athletics on biomechanical and physiological performance testing and applied sport science research. Mike is also a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Integrative Muscle Physiology and Energetics Lab at Marquette, where his research focuses on understanding the limits of human performance and developing interventions to improve muscle power, hypertrophy, and fatigability in healthy and clinical populations.
Mike has over 50 research presentations and 17 peer-reviewed publications including a study of youth pitchers aimed at understanding the interrelationships between torso kinematic patterns, shoulder kinetics, and pitching performance (DOI: 10.1080/14763141.2021.2015427). Mike earned his PhD in Exercise and Rehabilitation Science from Marquette, where he studied lower extremity joint function and coordination in Division I athletes. He also holds an MS from Florida Atlantic University in Exercise Science and Health Promotion and a BS in Exercise Physiology with a Psychology minor from Marquette. Mike is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) and has experience coaching at the college level and in MLB with the Milwaukee Brewers.
An active member of the American Baseball Biomechanics Society since its inception, Mike presented multiple times to the ABBS Journal Club as a graduate student and now serves on its Organizing Committee. As Secretary General, he is committed to maintaining strong communication with members and growing the society’s reach and impact.