Kurt Escobar

Kurt Escobar PhD, CISSN, NSCA-CPT

Kurt Escobar is an Associate Professor of Exercise Physiology in the Department of Kinesiology at CSU Long Beach. His research centers on how exercise and nutrition can improve human health, function, and performance. His work ranges from exercise metabolism, the effects of exercise and nutrition on metabolic health, and sports nutrition, to the cellular responses of exercise including autophagy. He teaches courses focused on the underlying physiology of the responses and adaptations to exercise as well as the practical application of exercise and nutrition to improve health, performance, and the prevention and management of disease.

Dr. Escobar is also an International Society of Sports Nutrition Certified Sports Nutritionist (CISSN) and National Strength & Conditioning Association Certified Personal Trainer (NSCA-CPT) and has years of experience in the field as a practitioner. He is an Associate Editor for the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition (JISSN) and founding member of the Global Society of Exercise Physiology and Nutrition. He collaborates with numerous professional exercise and nutrition groups in the US as well internationally including Latin America.

Dr. Escobar is a BUILD (Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity) Mentor as well as GenExcel Mentor for first generation students. He also has a YouTube channel dedicated to exercise physiology, nutrition, training, and research.

BS in Exercise Science, California State University, Fresno

MA in Exercise Science, California State University, Fresno

PhD in Exercise Science, University of New Mexico

Escobar KA, Cole NH, Mermier CM, VanDusseldorp TA. (2019). Autophagy and aging: Maintaining the proteome through exercise and caloric restriction. Aging Cell, 18(1), e12876. doi:doi:10.1111/acel.12876
Escobar KA, Visconti LM, Wallace AW, & VanDusseldorp, T. A. (2020). “Diet and exercise will help you live longer”: the meme that turns on housekeeping genes. Advances in Geriatric Medicine and Research, 2(1), e200002. doi:10.20900/agmr2020000
Escobar, K. A., Welch, A. M., Wells, A., Fennel, Z., Nava, R., Li, Z., Moriarty, T. A., Nitta, C. H., Zuhl, M. N., VanDusseldorp, T. A., Mermier, C. M., Amorim, F. T. (2021). Autophagy response to acute high-intensity interval training and moderate-intensity continuous training is dissimilar in skeletal muscle and peripheral blood mononuclear cells and is influenced by sex. Human Nutrition & Metabolism, 23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hnm.2020.200118
Escobar KA, VanDusseldorp TA, Johnson KE, Stratton M, McCormick JJ, Moriarity T.,…Mermier CM. (2024). The biphasic activity of autophagy and heat shock protein response in peripheral blood mononuclear cells following acute resistance exercise in resistance-trained males. Eur J Appl Physiol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-024-05503-5
Fennel ZJ,. Ducharme JB, Berkemeier QN, Specht JW, McKenna1 ZJ,. Simpson SE, Hafen PS, Deyhle MR, Amorim FT, Nava RC, Escobar KA, Mermier CM. Novel heat stress increases heat shock and hypertrophy related signaling in trained individuals, Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2023 https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpregu.00031.2023
Moqaddam, M. A., M. Nemati, M. M. Dara, M. Hoteit, Z. Sadek, A. Ramezani, M. K. Rand, A. Abbassi-Daloii, Z. Pashaei, A. Almaqhawi, O. Razi, K. A. Escobar, R. Supriya, A. Saeidi, and H. Zouhal. 2024. "Exploring the Impact of Astaxanthin Supplementation in Conjunction with a 12-Week CrossFit Training Regimen on Selected Adipo-Myokines Levels in Obese Males." Nutrients 16 (17). https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16172857
Delfan M, Saeidi A, Supriya R, Escobar KA, Laher I, Heinrich KM,…Zouhal H. (2024). Enhancing cardiometabolic health: unveiling the synergistic effects of high-intensity interval training with spirulina supplementation on selected adipokines, insulin resistance, and anthropometric indices in obese males. Nutr Metab (Lond), 21(1), 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12986-024-00785-0