Prof. Dr. Annegret Mündermann has taken her role as Research Director Functional Biomechanics in the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology at the University Hospital Basel in 2012. She holds adjunct appointmens at the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Department of Clinical Research at the University of Basel and the Department of Spine Surgery at the University Hospital Basel in Switzerland. She received a graduate degree in Mathematics and Sports Sciences from Universität Konstanz, Germany, and her Ph.D. in Medical Science/Biomechanics from the University of Calgary, Canada, where she was awarded the Chancellor’s Graduate Medal for her dissertation. Dr. Mündermann then moved to California where she conducted osteoarthritis research at Stanford University and to New Zealand where she held a research fellow position at the University of Otago. In 2010, she received her Venia Legendi (Habilitation) in Movement Science at Universität Konstanz, Germany, and in 2016 her Venia Docenti (Umhabilitation) in Sports Science at the University of Basel, Switzerland. in 2018, Dr. Mündermann received the title of a Professorship at the University of Basel, Switzerland. Dr. Mündermann is a member of the following professional organizations: Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI), the International, European and German Societies of Biomechanics (ISB, ESB and DGfB), the German Society for Orthopaedics and Tramatology in Sports (GOTS) and the Society for the Analysis of Human Motor Function and its Clinical Application (GAMMA). Since 2008, Dr. Mündermann also works as a consultant for scientific writing projects with customers in New Zealand, Canada, United States, Germany, and Switzerland. Research interests Age dependent mechanical and biological changes in musculoskeletal tissue (University of Basel Hospital, Switzerland) Assessing ambulatory function for treatment planning in orthopedic conditions (University of Basel Hospital, Switzerland) Influence of footwear on ambulatory load in patients following anterior cruciate ligament injury (collaboration with University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand) Effect of immobilization with different types of countermeasures on cartilage morphology and biology (collaboration with University of Erlangen, Germany)