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Professor Javier Gonzalez

Javier Gonzalez is Professor of Nutrition and Metabolism at the Univesity of Bath. He is interested in human fuel use. How we get fuel from our diet, burn fuels during exercise; and store fuels when they exceed our requirements. His research group employs a variety of methods to understand human fuel use, including indirect calorimetry, tissue biopsies and stable isotope (IV) infusion and ingestion. Javier joined the Department for Health at the University of Bath in 2014 as a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) before being promoted to Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in 2017, Reader (Associate Professor) in 2020 and Professor of Nutrition and Metabolism in 2022. He is also a consultant to sports teams and industry. In recognition of his research, he received the Julie Wallace Award 2018 from the Nutrition Society. He is also an an Associate Editor for the International Journal of Sport Nutrition & Exercise Metabolism.

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