L. Bruce Gladden, Ph.D.

  • Professor
  • Director, Muscle Physiology Lab


Phone: 334-844-1466
Campus Mail: 301 Wire Road Auburn, AL 36849
Office Location: 280 Kinesiology Building
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Units

School of Kinesiology

Academic Areas

Kinesiology

Short Bio

Dr. L. Bruce Gladden is author on 100+ research publications. His h-index is 48, and his work has been highly cited (> 9,400 times). His research centers on bioenergetics (lactate metabolism and oxygen uptake on-kinetics). He has received the American Physiological Society’s (APS) Environmental and Exercise Physiology (EEP) Section’s Honor Award, the American College of Sports Medicine’s (ACSM) Citation Award, and he is a past Editor-in-Chief of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. He has served as President of both SEACSM and national ACSM. He has been recognized as the Southeast ACSM Montoye Scholar, and SEACSM Service Awardee.

Professional & Educational Experience

EDUCATION:
University of Florida, Gainesville; Department of Physiology Postdoctoral Fellow; 1976-1978
University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Zoology Ph.D.; 1976
University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Zoology B.S.; 1972

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Auburn University, School of Kinesiology, Tenured Professor, 1989-Present
University of Louisville, Exercise Physiology Laboratory Director, 1987-1989
University of Louisville, Exercise Physiology Laboratory, Associate Professor, 1984-1989
University of Louisville, Exercise Physiology Laboratory, Assistant Professor, 1978-1984

Research Interests

  • Bioenergetics

  • Lactate Metabolism during exercise

  • Oxygen Uptake On-Kinetics

  • Mitochondrial turn-on time

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