Professor Ochsner combines his passion for athletic performance training and college students by developing and overseeing the strength and conditioning programs for many of Northwestern’s athletic teams, as well as teaching strength and conditioning courses.
Tour leader
Since 2017, Professor Ochsner has led summer study abroad trips to the Czech Republic, with a focus on physical education, sports and active leisure. Specifically, students investigate how physical culture shapes and reinforces the values and beliefs within Czech culture.
People person
Professor Ochsner combines his passion and practice to create meaningful and personal relationships with students. He not only wants them to feel known and loved, but he also empowers students with practical strategies tailored to their unique attributes and skills.
Athletic researcher
In 2015, he spoke at the Minnesota Sports Performance Clinic at the University of Minnesota on the competent, competitive and respectful qualities needed for strength and conditioning coaches and how Northwestern addresses and encourages those qualities.
Proud father
After five years of being unable to conceive, Professor Ochsner’s wife become pregnant with their daughter, Luna Wilde. However, the doctor warned them of a complicated pregnancy and the possibility of a very early arrival. Through monitoring, love, prayer and a fight to survive, Luna was born on week 35 at three pounds. Soon after, Professor Ochsner and his wife created an Instagram account for her (@lunainthewilde) to share her life with all of those who fervently prayed and loved her through the process.
Assistant photographer
For more than 10 years, Professor Ochsner has assisted his wife, owner of Jenni O Photography, with many wedding photography sessions. He helps capture the day from the perspective of the groom and those in attendance. He loves spending the day with his wife and observing how she combines her passion of photography with her love for clients.
