Eleanor completed her undergraduate degree in Biomedical Science at Kings College London in 2014 and continued to complete an MSc in Human and Applied Physiology in 2016. Following research posts at both Kings College and University College London, Eleanor undertook a PhD in Medicine and Health in 2019 at the University of Nottingham with a focus on neuromuscular ageing.
Eleanor joined Loughborough University in 2025 as a Lecturer in Rehabilitation.
Eleanor’s research interests include muscle structure and function particularly neuromuscular function She uses electromyography techniques to record muscle electrical activity and imaging methods to assess muscle size and structure.
Her research aims to use exercise interventions to improve muscle function and performance in older adults and clinical populations.
Eleanor is a member of the Physiological Society and acts as a peer-reviewer for several academic journals including Journal of Physiology, Experimental Physiology and Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism.
Featured publications
- Pabla P* and Jones EJ*, Piasecki M, Phillips BE (2024) Skeletal Muscle Dysfunction with Advancing Age. Clinical Science 138 (14): p863-882. DOI: 10.1042/cs20231197
- Jones EJ and Phillips BE (2023) Methodologies to quantify skeletal muscle blood flow/perfusion. In Neuromuscular Assessments of Form and Function (p299-315). New York, NY: Springer US. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3315-1_15
- Jones EJ, Guo Y, Martinez-Valdes E, Negro F, Stashuk DW, Atherton PJ, Phillips BE, Piasecki M (2023) Acute adaptation of central and peripheral motor unit features to exercise induced fatigue differs with concentric and eccentric loading. Experimental Physiology. 108 (6): p827-837. DOI: 10.1113/ep091058
- Jones EJ, Atherton PJ, Piasecki M, Phillips BE (2023) Contrast-enhanced ultrasound repeatability for the measurement of skeletal muscle microvascular blood flow. Experimental Physiology. 108 (4): p549-553. DOI: 10.1113/ep091034
- Jones EJ, Chiou SY, Atherton PJ, Phillips BE, Piasecki M (2022) Ageing and exercise-induced motor unit remodelling. Journal of Physiology. 600(8): p1839-1849. DOI: 10.1113/jp281726
- Guo Y, Jones EJ, Inns TB, Stashuk DW, Wilkinson DJ, Smith K, Piasecki J, Atherton PJ, Phillips BE, Piasecki M (2022) Neuromuscular recruitment strategies of the vastus lateralis according to sex. Acta Physiologica. 235(2): e13803. DOI: 10.1111/apha.13803
- Jones EJ, Piasecki J, Ireland A, Atherton PJ, Phillips BE, McPhee JS, Piasecki M. (2021) Lifelong exercise results in more homogeneous motor unit characteristics across deep and superficial areas of vastus lateralis. Geroscience. 43(4): p1555-1565. DOI: 10.1007/s11357-021-00356-8