Post-doctoral Researcher
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Paul Baker PhD CSCS is a postdoctoral researcher in the Applied Physiology Laboratory under the guidance of Dr. Abbie Smith-Ryan. His research interests center around metabolic, body composition, and vascular alterations in response to exercise, nutrition, ergogenic aids, and environmental stressors. Prior to Chapel Hill, he received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in exercise physiology from the University of Kentucky. At the University of Kentucky, he obtained a high-performance coaching certificate, which focused on skills to optimize athlete development through strength and conditioning, physiological readiness, leadership, and sport psychology. He received his doctorate in nutrition from Florida State University under the mentorship of Dr. Robert Hickner. His dissertation work explored the effects of NADPH oxidase and creatine monohydrate supplementation on oxidative stress and skeletal muscle microvascular blood flow in older individuals with overweight/obesity.