Education
- BS, Physical Activity Sciences, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, 2008
- MA, Biological Sciences, Universidad de Chile, 2011
- PhD, Exercise Sciences, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, 2017
Research Interests
Dr. Fernández-Verdejo’s major research interests are the effects of physical activity on obesity and its related comorbidities. This includes the influence of physical activity on energy expenditure and energy intake to regulate energy balance and body weight. Dr. Fernández-Verdejo is also interested in the weight-independent effect of physical activity on metabolic health.
Selected Publications
- Fernández-Verdejo, R. and Galgani, J. E. (2023) Metabolic elasticity - a new trait associated with health? Nat. Rev. Endocrinol. 19, 689–690
- Hayes-Ortiz, T., Suárez-Reyes, M., Galgani, J. E., Zbinden-Foncea, H., and Fernández-Verdejo, R. (2023) Time reallocation of physical behaviours induced by endurance exercise in physically active individuals. Eur. J. Sport Sci. 23, 1810–1820
- Fernández-Verdejo, R. and Galgani, J. E. (2022) Predictive equations for energy expenditure in adult humans: From resting to free-living conditions. Obesity (Silver Spring). 30, 1537–1548
- Fernández-Verdejo, R. and Galgani, J. E. (2022) Exploring the sequential accumulation of metabolic syndrome components in adults. Sci. Rep. 12, 15925
- Suárez-Reyes, M. and Fernández-Verdejo, R. (2022) Work/household, transport, and leisure domains account for the sex gap in physical activity in Chile. Front. public Heal. 10, 1011790
- Galgani, J. E. and Fernández-Verdejo, R. (2021) Pathophysiological role of metabolic flexibility on metabolic health. Obes. Rev. 22, e13131
- Fernández-Verdejo, R., Ravussin, E., Speakman, J. R., and Galgani, J. E. (2019) Progress and challenges in analyzing rodent energy expenditure. Nat. Methods 16, 797–799
- Fernández-Verdejo, R., Marlatt, K. L., Ravussin, E., and Galgani, J. E. (2019) Contribution of brown adipose tissue to human energy metabolism. Mol. Aspects Med. 68, 82–89
- Fernández-Verdejo, R., Alcantara, J. M. A., Galgani, J. E., Acosta, F. M., Migueles, J. H., Amaro-Gahete, F. J., Labayen, I., Ortega, F. B., and Ruiz, J. R. (2021) Deciphering the constrained total energy expenditure model in humans by associating accelerometer-measured physical activity from wrist and hip. Sci. Rep. 11, 12302
- Fernández-Verdejo, R., Mey, J. T., and Ravussin, E. (2023) Effects of ketone bodies on energy expenditure, substrate utilization, and energy intake in humans. J. Lipid Res. 64, 100442
