Daniel Fong received his BSc in physics, MSc in exercise science, and PhD in orthopaedics and traumatology from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). He has also served as a research assistant professor and deputy co-director of the MSc Sports Medicine and Health Science programme in the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology at CUHK.

In February 2014, Daniel joined Loughborough University as a senior lecturer in rehabilitation science and became a reader in sports medicine and biomechanics in November 2021. He has been the programme leader of the MSc Musculoskeletal Sport Science and Health since 2015.

His major research is on the mechanism and prevention of ankle sprain injury in sports. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of the Sports Biomechanics Journal.