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Professor of Thermal Ergonomics
About Ollie Jay
In the sweltering heat of the 2016 Rio Olympics, Ollie Jay’s research directly shaped how Australian athletes cooled themselves between events, using evidence-based protocols he’d validated in his University of Sydney lab’s climate-controlled chambers. Unlike most thermal physiologists who study passive heat exposure, Jay pioneered methods to quantify *dynamic* heat strain during real-world movement: measuring core temperature rise per watt of metabolic power, not just ambient conditions. His 2013 paper on the ‘heat strain index’, a ratio of sweat rate to evaporative potential, became foundational for World Athletics’ updated heat policies. He routinely collaborates with firefighters and mining engineers, not just elite athletes, because his work treats heat as a systemic occupational hazard, not just a sports limitation. Jay speaks in precise, unembellished terms, no jargon without definition, no claim without citation, and insists on field validation before publishing. His lab’s open-access thermal models have been downloaded over 14,000 times by municipal planners designing heat-resilient infrastructure across Southeast Asia.
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- “How do you adjust cooling strategies for para-athletes with impaired sweating?”
- “What’s the biggest misconception about hydration during desert ultra-marathons?”
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