Michael Zemel
Professor of Nutrition and Medicine
Director, The Nutrition Institute
Education:
B.S. (Nutritional Sciences), University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1976; M.S. (Nutritional Sciences), University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1978; Ph.D. (Nutritional Sciences/Physiology), University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1980. Professor of Nutrition, University of Tennessee, 1990-present; Professor of Medicine, University of Tennessee 1990-present; Head, Department of Nutrition, University of Tennessee, 1990-2002; Director, The University of Tennessee Nutrition Institute, 1994-present; Research Biochemist/Endocrinologist, VA Medical Center, Allen Park, MI 1987-1991; Associate Professor of Endocrinology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 1985-1990; Assistant/Associate Professor of Nutrition and Food Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 1980-1990.
Research Area:
Obesity and metabolic syndrome; regulation of adipocyte metabolism and of adipocyte-muscle cross-talk.
Research Description:
Dr. Zemel’s laboratory focuses on endocrine and nutritional modulation of mitochondrial function, energy metabolism and oxidative and inflammatory stress. This work encompasses cellular and molecular approaches to the study of adipocyte, skeletal muscle cell and macrophage metabolism and interactions, animal modelling of predicted outcomes from cellular studies, and clinical studies in obesity and the metabolic syndrome to evaluate efficacy of approaches developed in our laboratory.
Contact Information:
The Nutrition Institute
The University of Tennessee
1215 W. Cumberland Avenue – Room 229
Knoxville, TN 37996-1920
Phone: 865-974-6238
E-mail: mzemel@utk.edu