Guillaume Spielmann, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the School of Kinesiology at
LSU and an adjunct Associate Professor at Pennington Biomedical Research Center. He
earned a BSc in Immunology and Toxicology at Edinburgh Napier ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø (Scotland)
and a MSc in Exercise Science at the ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø of Houston. He obtained his PhD in
Exercise Immunology from Edinburgh Napier ¾Å¾Å¸£ÀûÍø, before working for three years
on a NASA-funded project as a postdoctoral fellow.
Dr. Spielmann’s research focuses on the impact of various psychological and physiological
stressors on the immune system. In particular his research centers on the influence
of obesity, physical inactivity, microgravity and poor aerobic fitness on premature
immune aging. He is also interested in the impact of physical inactivity, aging and
latent viral infections on immune cells bioenergetics and systemic dysmetabolism.