Dr Ruth Meex (R.C.R.)
I work as an Associate Professor at the Department of Human Biology. My research focuses on understanding how fat metabolism is regulated in adipose tissue, skeletal muscle and the liver, and how alterations in these processes are related to the development of insulin resistance and muscle atrophy. The mechanisms that underlie the development of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes are not fully elucidated.
- 2019 – present: Associate Professor. Department of Human Biology, Maastricht University, the Netherlands
- 2016 – 2019: Assistant Professor. Department of Human Biology, Maastricht University, the Netherlands
- 2010 – 2016: Postdoctoral fellow. Department of Physiology, Monash University, Australia. Supervisor: Prof. Matthew Watt.
- 2006 – 2010: PhD-candidate. Department of Human Movement Science, Maastricht University, the Netherlands. Supervisors: Prof. Matthijs Hesselink, Prof. Patrick Schrauwen.
- 2005: intern student (6 mnths) and research assistant (6 mnths). Department of Movement Sciences, Maastricht University, the Netherlands. Supervisor: Prof. Luc van Loon.
- 2003 – 2005: Human Movement science, University Maastricht, the Netherlands.
- 1999 – 2003: HBO-v (higher vocational in nursing) Hoge School Zuyd, Heerlen, the Netherlands.
Dr Ruth Meex (R.C.R.)
Associate Professor
Department of Human Biology NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences