Michael D. Roberts is a professor at the School of Kinesiology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA, where he serves as the director of the Nutrabolt Applied and Molecular Physiology Laboratory. He received his BSc in biology and MSEd in exercise physiology from Baylor University in 2003 and 2006, respectively, and a PhD in exercise physiology from the University of Oklahoma in 2010. He completed postdoctoral training at the University of Missouri, Columbia, from 2010 to 2013. His laboratory utilizes cell culture, rodent models, and basic as well as applied human models to examine how nutrition and/or exercise affect cellular biomarkers and whole-body physiology.