Wayne T Willis

Wayne T. Willis received the Ph.D. degree in exercise physiology from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1986. For three years, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher with the Department of Pediatrics, University of California Medical Center, San Francisco. Since 1989, he has been a Faculty Member of the Kinesiology Department, Arizona State University, Tempe. His research interests include the cost-benefit tradeoff in mitochondrial design, particularly as it pertains to the control of oxidative phosphorylation in vertebrate skeletal muscle fast and slow myocytes. His recent collaborations are aimed at elucidating the neuromuscular basis, and in particular the contribution of skeletal muscle energy metabolism, to recently observed improvements in locomotion in spinal cord injured individuals subjected to newly developed interventions. Dr. Willis is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine.