Richard is a Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Biomechanics in the Department of Sport and Physical activity teaching across both the Sports Therapy and Sport Science Provisions. Richard is a member of the Institutional Science Research Ethics Committee. Departmentally he is a member of the Athena Swan Action Group and the Research Committee. Richard Previosuly contributed to both institutional and departmental Athena Swan submissions. Richard Joined Edge Hill as a graduate teaching assistant and PhD student in 2012. He was awarded his PhD (2015) and began his role as Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Biomechanics, before then becoming a Senior Lecturer in 2019. Richard is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

The primary focus of Richard’s PhD thesis was fixture congestion and mechanisms of knee flexor injuries in soccer and, as such, he now has a number of research articles within this area.

Richard's research primarily focuses on understanding performance, recovery, and injury implications associated with elite sport. Richard analyses sports performance and injury prevention on a continuum, ranging from understanding the complex and contextual factors influencing competition demands to scrutinizing specific details of sports technique.  Richard therefore possess a skill set, with expertise in wearable devices (MEMS and GPS devices) to monitor notational demands of sporting events, coupled with proficiency in monitoring performance and movement in applied and laboratory settings (Motion capture technologies).

Another key aspect of Richard's research involves advancing functional strength and movement screening assessments and developing sport-specific protocols and interventions across various sports. Although Richard’s research has primarily focused on athletic populations, some of his current research has been health orientated.

Richard is the current project strand lead for:

• The efficacy of training interventions in enhancing boxing performance
• Contemporary applications in GPS analysis

Richard has secured internal research funding as both a primary and co-investigator. Richard is also in the process of trying to secure external funding to support future research.

Richard is currently module leader for level 5 biomechanics and kinesiology modules across the Sport and Exercise Science and Sports Therapy provision. He is also the module leader for an MSc module "Applied Sport Competency" taught on the MSc Applied Sport and Exercise Science programme. 

Richard is also well experienced in supervising postgraduate students at both masters and doctoral levels. 

Richard maintains a large number of applied links which provide a number of placements to students at level 6 and 7, thus providing real world experiences and skills. 

Richard has previously been an invited speaker at a national user days and conferences. Richard has also translated his research findings for different stakeholders in relation to invited talks, lectures, interviews, and non-journal publications.