Dr. Adam J. Wells is a tenured associate professor at the University of Central Florida in the College of Health Professions and Sciences’ School of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences. He also is a researcher at the Institute of Exercise Physiology and Rehabilitation Science. He earned both his master's and doctoral degrees in Exercise Physiology from UCF. His primary research interests include exercise immunology, nutrition, and sports performance. He has over 70 scholarly works in peer-reviewed journals. As a member of the faculty at UCF, he plans to continue his research examining inflammatory and immune responses to exercise, as well as interventions that modulate these responses.