Robert S. Mazzeo Robert S. Mazzeo, Ph.D. Department of Integrative Physiology University of Colorado Boulder, CO 80309-0354 phone: 303-492-1509 fax: 303-492-6778 e-mail:robert.mazzeo@colorado.edu

Research Interests

• Neuroendocrine and biochemical adaptations associated with acute and chronic exercise, exercise immunology, high-altitude physiology, and aging.


• Exercise Biochemistry and Cell Physiology Laboratories

Education

• 1970-1974, B.S., North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.


• 1975-1977, M.S., Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC.


• 1978-1982, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Professional Experience

• 1974-1975, Research Organic Chemist, Research Triangle Institute. Research Triangle Park, NC.


• 1975-1977, Exercise Technician and Leader, Cardiac Rehabilitation Program, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC.


• 1980-1981, Associate Director and Founder, U.C. Fitness Evaluation Program, University of California, Berkeley.


• 1980-1982, Research Associate, Exercise Physiology Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley.


• 1982-1985, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Santa Barbara.


• 1985-1991, Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.


• 1992-2003, Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology & Applied Physiology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.


• 2003-Present, Associate Professor, Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.

Honors and Awards

• 1995-1997, Chair, Exercise and Aging Committee, American College of Sports Medicine.


• 1995-1996, Member, Grant Review Committee, Colorado Heart Association.


• 1996-1999, Advisory Board for Environmental and Exercise Physiology, American Physiological Society.


• 1996-Date, Editorial Board, Journal of Applied Physiology, American Physiological Society.


• 2000-Date, Associate Editor, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.


• 2000-Date, Assistant Editor, Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews

Recent Publications

• Barnolt KE, Hoffman AR, Rock PB, Muza SR, Fulco CS, Braun B, Holloway L, Mazzeo RS, Cymerman A, Friedlander AL. Endocrine responses to acute and chronic high altitude exposure (4300 m): modulating effects of caloric restriction. American Journal of Physiology 290: E1078-E1088, 2006.


• Hagobian TA, Jacobs KA, Subudhi AW, Fattor JA, Rock PB, Muza SR, Fulco CS, Braun B, Grediagin A, Mazzeo RS, Cymerman A, Friedlander AL. Cytokine response at high altitude: effects of exercise and antioxidants at 4300 m. Medicine and Science in Sports & Exercise 38: 276-285, 2006.


• Lockhart KE, Baar K, Mazzeo RS, Brooks SV. Activation of Akt as a potential mediator of adaptations that reduce muscle activity. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 38: 1058-1064, 2006.


• Lundby C, Calbet JAL, Sander M, van Hall G, Mazzeo RS, Stray-Gundersen J, Saltin B, Levine BD. Exercise economy does not change after accliimatization to moderate to very high altitude. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports 17: 281-291, 2007.


• Mazzeo RS. Altitude, exercise and immune function. Exercise Immunology Reviews 11: 6-16, 2005.