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Ken Welch Jr.

Associate Professor

University of Toronto Scarborough, Department of Biological Sciences

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  • Associate Professor
    University of Toronto Scarborough, Department of Biological Sciences
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  • University of Toronto Scarborough, Biological Sciences, 1265 Military Trail, Toronto, ON, M1C1A4

BIO

Dr. Ken Welch obtained his PhD in Ecological Physiology at the University of California in Santa Barbara. Shortly after completing his postdoctoral training, he was recruited to UTSC in 2009 where he teaches several undergraduate courses and has his own laboratory where his research adopts a comparative and integrative approach to the study of exercise, metabolism and muscle function. Much of our work focuses on animals with unique or extreme metabolic and locomotor capabilities. Examination of these organisms, informed by ecological and evolutionary context, has the power to reveal what features of design and physiology enable their extreme energetic and physical performance as well as what the limits are to such performance.

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ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Associate Professor of Comparative Vertebrate Physiology
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada2015 - present
  • Interim Department Chair
    University of Toronto, Biological Sciences, UTSC, Toronto, Canada2021 - 2022
  • Associate Chair of Research and Graduate Affairs
    University of Toronto, Biological Sciences, UTSC, Toronto, Canada2018 - 2021
  • Assistant Professor of Comparative Vertebrate Physiology
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada2009 - 2015
  • Member of Graduate Program Faculty
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada2009 - present
  • Interim Associate Vice-Principle Research and Innovation, Research Facilitation and Infrastructure
    University of Toronto, Office of the Vice-Principle Research and Innovation, Toronto, Canada2022 - present

DEGREES

  • Ph.D., Ecological Physiology
    University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, United States2007
  • M.Sc., Ecological Physiology
    University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, United States2005
  • B.Sc.
    Trinity University, San Antonio, United States1998

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Postdoctoral Researcher
    University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States

AVAILABILITY

  • Industry Projects
  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision
  • Collaborative projects
  • Media enquiries

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