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Russ' research focuses on skeletal muscle physiology with an emphasis on healthy aging and muscle fatigue in clinical populations, ranging from HIV to low-back pain. His lab uses methods ranging from function testing to molecular biology to evaluate muscle function at the organism, organ, tissue, cell and molecular levels in human and animal models.

D'Agostino is a research scientist in the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition and an expert in neuroscience, nutrition physiology, cancer, ketogenic diet supplementation and environmental physiology. Through multiple Department of Defense and Office of Naval Research grants, he developed and patented unique technologies, including hyperbaric atomic force microscopy and exogenous ketone formulations for inducing and sustaining therapeutic ketosis for a wide range of applications, including CNS oxygen toxicity, Angelman's syndrome and cancer.