Adam J. Chicco received the Ph.D. degree from the University of Northern Colorado and developed an interest in the links between metabolism and cardiovascular physiology during the postdoctoral training at the University of Colorado. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at Colorado State University and Fellow of the American Heart Association. The current focus of his laboratory is to understand the mechanisms and (patho)physiological consequences of altered mitochondrial function and fatty acid metabolism in the context of physiological and pathological stress. His has expertise in high resolution respirometry enabling detailed studies of mitochondrial metabolism in a variety of sample preparations, and is a member of the Mitochondrial Physiology Network, an international group of scientists that strive to maintain and establish new standards of mitochondrial respirometry methodology, data reproducibility, and interpretation. His research has been continuously funded by the US National Institutes of Health, American Heart Association, US Department of Agriculture, and private foundations since 2005; and includes collaborative studies of mitochondrial metabolism in the contexts of environmental stress, developmental metabolic programming, and inflammation.