Education
- Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (2013-2015) – Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, Dallas, TX, Emphasis: Respiratory Physiology
- Ph.D. (2013) – Indiana University, Bloomington, IN – Human Performance-Exercise Physiology
- M.S. (2009) – Indiana University, Bloomington, IN – Exercise Physiology, Ergonomics
- B.S. (2004) – Indiana University, Bloomington, IN – Kinesiology
Teaching Specialities
- ES 2005 – Introduction to Physiological Assessment
- ES 3005 – Advanced Physiological Assessment
- HON 2515/3515 – Physiology, Culture, and Health
- ES 4100 – Environmental Physiology
- ES 5620 – Advanced Cardiopulmonary Physiology
Current Teaching
- ES 3005 – Advanced Physiological Assessment
- HON 2515 – Physiology, Culture, and Health
Professional Affiliations/Organizations
- American College of Sports Medicine
- American College of Sports Medicine, Southeast Chapter
- American Physiological Society
- American Thoracic Society
Laboratory Affiliation
- Exercise and Respiratory Physiology (Director)
Research Interests
My research focuses on how the respiratory system limits exercise performance in healthy and diseased populations. I examine ventilatory dynamics, expiratory flow limitation, mechanics, the perception of breathlessness, and the unpleasantness associated with breathlessness in my research. In the future, I will continue to perform similar research but in obese populations. For example, what are the respiratory limitations in 1) obese children 2) older, obese adults, and 3) obese adults with COPD? Further, I'm interested in how exercise training and or weight loss can be used as interventions to improve the potential respiratory limitations observed in these populations.
Title: Assistant Professor, PhD, Human Performance, Graduate Faculty
Email address: Email me
Phone: (828) 262-7471
Fax: (828) 262-3138