About

Dr. Geoffrey Handsfield is a biomedical engineer whose research bridges medical imaging, computational modeling, and musculoskeletal biomechanics to advance understanding of human muscle structure and function. His work addresses fundamental questions in musculoskeletal biology, clinical challenges in orthopaedic medicine, and the development of novel diagnostic and therapeutic technologies. He is the founder and director of the MOBIOS Lab, which integrates advanced MRI techniques, custom image processing pipelines, experimental biomechanics, and computational simulations to investigate muscle and connective tissue mechanics and physiology in both health and disease.

Dr. Handsfield earned his B.S. in Physics summa cum laude from East Carolina University, where he competed as an NCAA Division I swimmer and was recognized as an Academic All-American. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Virginia in 2014, developing MRI-based methods and computational models of muscle and tendon in the Multiscale Muscle Mechanophysiology (M3) Lab. He has served as Scientific Advisor for Springbok Analytics, a startup pioneering AI-driven 3D muscle profiling, and was a Whitaker Postdoctoral Scholar at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute in New Zealand. His cross-disciplinary, translational research continues to inform both clinical practice and fundamental musculoskeletal science.