Joshua Cotter

Joshua Cotter, Ph.D., is an associate professor of exercise physiology in the Kinesiology Department at California State University, Long Beach.  He is also the founder and Co-director of the Physiology of EXercise and Sport (PEXS) Lab where he researches how the regulation of skeletal muscle mass affects outcomes on health and sport performance.

Professor Cotter’s general interests include optimization of training programs and nutritional support for strength and hypertrophy, exercise countermeasures for spaceflight, the biology of the myogenic satellite cell, biomechanics of the knee joint, and ergogenic aids for sports performance.

Professor Cotter holds a doctorate degree in Health and Exercise Science and Master of Science in Health and Exercise Science from The Ohio State University. He completed a Ruth L. Kirschstein NIH post-doctoral fellowship at the University of California, Irvine where he conducted research in the Multidisciplinary Exercise Science Training Program studying the cellular and molecular responses to exercise training.