Dr. Dominic P. D'Agostino is a tenured Associate Professor at the University of South Florida (USF) Morsani College of Medicine in the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology. He teaches medical neuroscience, medical physiology, nutrition, and neuropharmacology. He is also a Research Scientist at the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) to assist with their efforts towards optimizing the safety, health, and resilience of the warfighter and astronaut. He received his B.S. in Biological Sciences and Nutritional Science from Rutgers University in 1998 and his Ph.D. in Physiology and Neuroscience from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in 2004. His primary research focuses on developing and testing nutritional and metabolic-based therapies for a variety of disease states and advancing the use of metabolic-based therapies in human clinical applications.