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Nicholas Kreter

Dr. Nicholas Kreter, Assistant Professor of Kinesiology

Assistant Professor

Kinesiology

Email Address: n_kreter@uncg.edu

Bio & Education

Dr. Kreter earned his bachelor’s degree in human physiology from the University of Oregon. Following his undergraduate studies, he completed his doctoral research in the Neuromechanics and Applied Locomotion lab at the University of Utah. Before joining UNCG, he returned to the University of Oregon to complete a postdoctoral fellowship investigating how the brain plans and executes precise reaching movements. Dr. Kreter’s current research blends biomechanics with neuroscience to improve our understanding of how the brain controls the lower-extremities during complex tasks of daily life (i.e., walking over complicated terrain, kicking a ball, etc.), and how neuromotor pathology impacts the ability to safely carry out these behaviors.

Courses Taught

  • KIN 289 (Introduction to Kinesiologic Sciences)
  • KIN 291 (Clinical Human Anatomy)

Selected Publications

  1. Kreter, N., Dundon, N. M., Smith, J., & Marneweck, M. (2025). Sensory modality of initiation cues modulates action goal-relevant neural representations. Imaging Neuroscience, 3, IMAG-a.
  2. Kreter, N., & Fino, P. C. (2024). Consequences of changing planned foot placement on balance control and forward progress. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 21(211), 20230577.
  3. Kreter, N., Lybbert, C., Gordon, K. E., & Fino, P. C. (2022). The effects of physical and temporal certainty on human locomotion with discrete underfoot perturbations. Journal of Experimental Biology, 225(19), jeb244509.