Keith Baar

Dr Keith Baar received his Bachelor’s in Kinesiology from the University of Michigan, where he also served as an Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach with the University of Michigan Football team. He then received a Master’s from the University of California, Berkeley while teaching strength and conditioning, and his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois. He did his postdoctoral studies on the molecular mechanism underlying the muscular adaptation to endurance exercise under the direction of Dr. John O. Holloszy at Washington University in St. Louis. Prof Baar opened his first lab in 2004 at the University of Dundee in Scotland. In 2009, Keith moved his laboratory to its current location at the University of California, Davis.

The Functional Molecular Biology (FMB) Lab is focused on determining the molecular mechanisms underlying the physiological and functional adaptations of musculoskeletal tissues to exercise, nutrition, age, hormones, and disease. The result of this research is more than 150 peer-reviewed articles in journals from the Journal of Applied Physiology to Nature and scientific consultancies with elite professional and Olympic teams around the world.