Professional Activities:

Teaching Experience

• Assistant Professor, UAB Department of Human Studies, 2012-present
• Physiology of Exercise, KIN 400 (Spring 2012 – current)
• Energetics: Scientific Foundations of Obesity and Other Health Aspects, PUH 690 (Spring 2014, guest lecture “Measurement of Energy Expenditure During Exercise”)
• Physiology of Exercise Part 2, KIN 638 (Spring 2015, guest lecture “Exercise, cardiovascular fitness, and mitochondrial health: Impact on chronic disease development?”)

• Graduate Teaching Assistant, Auburn University, 2006-2010
• Physiology of Exercise, KIN 3680
• Introduction to Exercise Physiology, KIN 3020
• Wellness, KIN 1100

• Instructor, Southern Union Community College, 2008-2010
• Wellness, HED 226
• Personal Health, HED 221

• Graduate Teaching Assistant, Mississippi State University, 2005-2006
• Exercise Physiology laboratory instructor.

Research Experience

• Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Nutrition Sciences, Division of Physiology and Metabolism
  Mentor Dr. Barbara Gower; Co-Mentor Dr. Gary Hunter. June 2010-August 2012
• Associate Scientist, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Center for Exercise Medicine
  August 2011-present
  Director- Dr. Marcas Bamman
• Graduate Research Assistant, Auburn University, Thermal Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology
  Mentor Dr. David Pascoe. 2006-2010
• Graduate Researcher: Auburn University, Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine.
  Mentor Dr. Dean Schwartz. 2008-2010

Professional Memberships and Certifications

• American Physiological Society
• American College of Sports Medicine
• Southeastern American College of Sports Medicine
• The Obesity Society
• Phlebotomy Certification (NIH Recognized)
• Adult and Child CPR Certification

Honors and Awards

• UAB Postdoctoral Research Day, 3rd Place award, 2012
• UAB Center for Aging Annual Meeting. “Postdoctoral Best Poster Award” 2011
• The Obesity Society Annual Meeting. “The Diversity Tour Winning Abstract” Orlando, FL 2011.
• UAB Nutrition and Obesity Research Center “Creativity is a Decision” Prize Recipient. Awarded $2,500.00 cash prize 2011.
• UAB Postdoctoral Office Travel Award 2011, 2012.
• American Kinesiology Association Dissertation Writing Award, Auburn University 2010.
• UAB Nutrition and Obesity Training Grant Fellow, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 2010-2012.
• Auburn University Graduate Travel Award, 2009.
• Overall Outstanding Graduate Student, Department of Kinesiology, Mississippi State University, 2006.