Rate My Professor Adam Wells

Adam J. Wells is a tenured associate professor in the School of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Central Florida's College of Health Professions and Sciences. He is a researcher within the Institute of Exercise Physiology and Rehabilitation Science, Director of the Cellular Exercise Physiology Laboratory, and Co-Director of the Exercise Physiology, Intervention, and Collaboration Lab. Wells earned his Ph.D. in Education with a focus on Exercise Physiology and his Master's degree in Exercise Physiology from the University of Central Florida. He holds certifications as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist with Distinction (CSCS*D) and Specialist in Cytometry (SCYM(ASCP)CM). His primary research interests include exercise immunology, nutrition, and sports performance, with a focus on inflammatory and immune responses to exercise, interventions that modulate these responses, nutritional supplements for performance and recovery, and monitoring sports performance in soccer athletes.

Wells has over 40 scholarly works in peer-reviewed journals. Key publications include "Post-resistance exercise ingestion of milk protein attenuates plasma TNFα and TNFr1 expression on monocyte subpopulations" (Amino Acids, 2017), "The effect of post-resistance exercise amino acids on plasma MCP1 and CCR2 expression" (Nutrients, 2016), "Monocyte Recruitment following High-Intensity and High-Volume Resistance Exercise" (Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 2016), and more recent studies on PeakATP supplementation effects on cognitive function following high-intensity sprint exercise (Frontiers in Nutrition, 2023) and β-alanine supplementation during simulated military operations (Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research, 2020). His research has received funding from the National Strength and Conditioning Association Foundation Young Investigator Grant ($23,990.28), the American Academic Consortium ($8,000), and TSI Group Ltd. ($64,082). Wells received the 2021 UCF Research Incentive Award for outstanding research and the 2022 UCF Teaching Incentive Program award. He serves as a Senate Representative on the UCF Faculty Senate Budget and Administrative Committee.