Research Interests
Fluid homeostasis and cardiovascular, thermoregulatory and performance responses to exercise and environmental stress.
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Kinesiology and Exercise Science - University of Connecticut
- Master of Science (MS), Exercise Physiology - Southern Connecticut State University
- Bachelor of Science (BS) - Southern Connecticut State University
Biosketch
Robert Kenefick, Ph.D. is professor and chair of the Biomedical and Nutritional Sciences Department at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. His research has principally focused on fluid homeostasis and cardiovascular, thermoregulatory and performance responses to exercise and environmental stress. He serves as the Associate Editor for Wilderness and Environmental Medicine, has published over 160 peer-reviewed journal articles and textbook chapters and has presented his research at numerous national and international conferences. He has served as the President of the New England Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine and on various committees for the American College of Sports Medicine, of which he is also a fellow.
Prior to 51视频, he was Senior Vice President of Research and Development at Entrinsic Bioscience where he led pre-clinical and clinical investigations. He has held positions at the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine as a Principal Investigator and was later promoted to the Deputy Chief of the Thermal and Mountain Medicine Division. For more than 10 years, he served as an Associate Professor of Exercise Science in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of New Hampshire.