TEAM MEMBERS
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Employment
2020- Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy and Kinesiology,
Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Affiliate Faculty, Pharmaceutical Sciences Program
Affiliate Faculty, UMass Biomedical Engineering & Biotechnology Program
2017-2020 Postdoc Fellow, NHLBI (NIH), Muscle Energetics Lab
2015-2017 Postdoc Fellow, York University, Muscle Health Research Centre
Education
2011-2015 Syracuse University, Exercise Science (Science Education), Ph.D.
2008-2011 Utah State University, Molecular Biology, M.S.
2005-2007 Kyung Hee University (South Korea), Exercise Biochemistry, M.P.Ed.
1998-2005 Kyung Hee University (South Korea), Genetic Engineering (Major) & Sports Medicine (Minor), B.S. *Mandatory Military Service (2000-2002)
Professional Appointments & Membership
2024 NIH Ad Hoc Reviewer: NOMD 2024/10 study section meeting
2024- International Committee, American Physiological Society
2024- NIH Early Career Reviewer Program
2023- Editorial Board (Review Editor), Mitochondrial Research, Frontiers in Physiology
2022- Editorial Board, Asian Journal of Physical Education and Sport Science
2022- ACSM Certified Exercise Physiologist, American College of Sports Medicine
2022-2023 Regular Member, Society for Neuroscience
2022 Session Chair, Exercise and Environmental Physiology Symposia, American Physiology Society
2021- Professional Member, American Heart Association
2021- Professional Member, American College of Sports Medicine (New England Chapter)
2013- Regular Member, American Physiological Society
2011- Professional Member, American College of Sports Medicine
CURRENT MEMBERS
ALUMNI
Varun Dhorajia, M.S. (BMEBT; current: Ph.D. student at UML Biological Sciences)
Anthony Ponder, M.S. (BMEBT; current: SanguineBio)
Rin Santiago, M.S. (BMEBT; current: Charles River Laboratory)