Robert Kenefick

Dr. Kenefick completed his undergraduate and master’s degree work at Southern Connecticut State University in 1990 and his doctoral work at the University of Connecticut in 1995. Dr. Kenefick then served as an Associate Professor of Exercise Science in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of New Hampshire for ten years. In 2005, Dr. Kenefick joined the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine as a Principal Investigator and was later promoted to the Deputy Chief of the Thermal and Mountain Medicine Division. Dr. Kenefick’s research has principally focused on fluid homeostasis and cardiovascular, thermoregulatory and performance responses to exercise and environmental stress. He serves as an Editorial Board member for the The Journal of Applied Physiology, Medicine and Science in Sport and Exercise, and is Associate Editor for Wilderness & Environmental Medicine. Dr. Kenefick has published over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles and textbook chapters. He has presented his research at numerous national and international conferences and has served as the President of the New England Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine and served on various committees for the American College of Sports Medicine, of which he is also a fellow.