Francois Hug

François received his PhD in human movement sciences from Aix-Marseille university (France - 2003). His research focuses on the neural control of movement in health and disease. He has developed a neural framework based on the non-invasive recording of motor neurons to reveal the modular organization of movement control at the spinal motor neuron level. He has published >220 articles in peer-reviewed journals and received > 2.5 M€ funding as PI. As Full Professor at Nantes Université (France), he led a research Lab until he moved to Université Côte d’azur (France), in 2021. He is a senior fellow of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF, 2025-2030). François is currently Professor (full) in Human Movement Sciences at the University of Côte d’azur (Nice, France) where he leads the LAMHESS lab. Francois serves on the editorial board of Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sport, and Journal of Applied Physiology. He is an expert for the Consensus for Experimental Design in Electromyography (CEDE) project, which is an international initiative which aims to guide decision-making in recording, analysis, and interpretation of electromyographic data.