Kamil Celoch is a member of Dr. Bigliassi’s Psychophysiology Lab and currently works as a graduate research assistant with Project Pathways and Project Respect. Kamil is a Ph.D. student in the Kinesiology Program. Between 2021 and 2023, he served as a Communications Director for the Society for Sports Neuroscience (formerly known as Society for NeuroSports). In 2022, Kamil spent 6 months as a visiting research scholar with the Department of Neuroscience and Psychology at Nova Southeastern University. Prior to joining the Florida International University’s Ph.D. Kinesiology Program, Kamil had the good fortune of working across a diverse range of fields, including academia, fitness, foreign affairs, and conference interpreting. His interdisciplinary educational background spans 4 EU countries and includes a European Commission co-funded MA degree from the University of Central Lancashire and an Advanced M.S. from Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence at Vrije Universiteit Brussel. In 2011, Kamil received the best dissertation award from Manchester Metropolitan University, Faculty of Health, Psychology and Social Care, and Combined Honors for his work on Stress Management in Novice and Expert Conference Interpreters. His current research interests include, but are not limited to, emotion regulation in the context of sports and exercise psychophysiology, especially as it pertains to exhaustive modalities performed at a high intensity.

In 2017 and 2018, Kamil was a part of the national championship-winning team with Brussels Black Angels in the Belgian American Football League (BAFL Elite Division). In 2017, he became the first sports performance coach in Belgium to earn the Certified Physical Preparation Specialist (CPPS) qualification (hosted at the WWE Performance Center, Orlando, FL). He is also certified through the Society for Sports Neuroscience (CSNS) and International Society of Sports Nutrition (CISSN). In 2024, Kamil was duly elected an associate member of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society.