• Research and teaching
• Research-practice transfer

Academic education
10.2022 - 08.2024 M.Sc. “Sports, Exercise & Human Performance”, University of Münster

10.2019 - 08.2022 B.Sc. “Human Movement in Sports and Exercise”, University of
University of Münster

Professional career
Since 09.2024 Research assistant at the TU Dortmund University

10.2023 - 02.2024 Scientific internship at the Florida State University, USA
(Prof. Dr. Svenja Anna Wolf)

03.2021 - 03.2022 Research internship at Kingston University London, UK
(Prof. Dr. Andrea Petroczi)

04.2020 - 08.2024 Student assistant in the Department of Sport Psychology,
University of Münster (Prof. Dr. Bernd Strauß)

• Doping, doping prevention and anti-doping work
• The physical self-concept in childhood and adolescence
• Growing up healthy in childhood
• The connection between body-image-self discrepancies and physical activity, Self-efficacy and motivation in childhood

2024

Petróczi, A., Martinelli, L. A., Thrower, S. N., Veltmaat, A., Heyes, A., Barkoukis, V., Bondarev,
D., Elbe, A.M., Lazuras, L., Mallia, L., & Zelli, A. (2024). Elite athletes’ values in action: an
important yet complicated aspect in anti-doping education. International Journal of Sport
and Exercise Psychology, 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197X.2024.2337302

2023
Veltmaat, A., Dreiskämper, D., Brueckner, S., Bondarev, D., Heyes, A., Barkoukis, V., Elbe, A.
M., Lazuras, L., De Maria, A., Zelli, A., & Petróczi, A. (2023). Context matters: athletes'
perception of dopers' values, actions and vulnerabilities. Frontiers in sports and active
living, 5, 1229679. https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2023.1229679

2022
Clancy, S., Owusu-Sekyere, F., Shelley, J., Veltmaat, A., De Maria, A., & Petróczi, A. (2022).
The role of personal commitment to integrity in clean sport and anti-doping. Performance
Enhancement & Health, 10(4), 100232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.peh.2022.100232