Dr George Pavis

About me:

Dr George Pavis joined the Nutritional Physiology Research Group in 2016 after obtaining an MSc from Loughborough University. His PhD looked at how muscles respond to eccentric exercise and resistance exercise training, and how nutritional interventions can be used to manipulate these outcomes. During this time George developed a keen interest in skeletal muscle metabolism and using stable isotopes to model protein turnover in humans, which has led to several high quality publications.

In 2020, George began post-doctoral training under Prof Benjamin Wall looking at how nutritional interventions can be used to improve a wide variety of outcomes, from elite performance to biomarkers of health and disease. Work published from this time has been reported on by news outlets worldwide, and gained international recognition from the European College of Sports Science with a Young Investigator Award prize.

George then joined Univesity of Limerick, where he investigated the effects of a novel type of seaweed protein on blood glucose concentrations in healthy people and those with Type 2 Diabetes. This new skillset led to George's return to Exeter, where he is currently working with Prof Francis Stephens and other world-leading Type 2 Diabetes experts to explore how ketone supplements influence glucose metabolism.

Qualifications:

• PhD Sport and Health Sciences, University of Exeter
• MSc Sports Nutrition, Loughborough University
• BSc Human Biosciences, University of Exeter