Ana is a Registered Dietitian and has been at the GSK Human Performance Lab since April 2013, previously she worked as a Nutritionist in the Nutrition and Medical Affairs team at GSK Consumer Healthcare. She has previous experience working as a lecturer assistant and researcher at the University of Navarre (Spain).  

Before specialising in sports nutrition she also worked as a dietitian in a clinical environment and as a sales agent for a leading food company. Ana is studying for her PhD with Nottingham Trent University and her main research area is bone health in athletes.

In his role at the HPL Ken is leading discovery research and scientific support of high performance partners. Prior to joining GSK, Ken was the Director of Sports Sciences at the English Institute of Sport (EIS), leading the sport science support to British sports and athletes in the four years leading up to London 2012. Ken now holds a position on the Technical Advisory Board of the English Institute of Sport. 

His research interests include the physiological determinants of sports performance, exercise-induced muscle damage and athletic recovery strategies. With long-standing experience in the academic sector, Ken currently holds a number of academic appointments, including Visiting Professor at Northumbria University and Visiting Professor at St Mary’s University.

Dr. Romer is Divisional Lead for Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences at Brunel University London.  He worked for several years at the British Olympic Medical Centre before completing a PhD at the University of Birmingham and post-doctoral training at the John Rankin Laboratory of Pulmonary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.  

His research is focused on the cardio respiratory responses, interactions and limitations to exercise in health, disease and disability. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed journal articles on topics related to these areas and has also produced numerous invited book chapters for leading national and international organisations, including the ACSM, BASES, International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and American Physiological society (APS).  He has been awarded fellowships from the ACSM and BASES in recognition of his distinguished professional achievements in research.

Prof. Marcora received his Bachelor in Physical Education from the State University of Milan (Italy). He then studied for an MSc in Human Performance at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (USA), and for a PhD in Clinical Exercise Physiology at the University of Wales-Bangor (UK). After a successful academic career at Bangor University, Professor Marcora began his post as Director of Research at the University of Kent at the end of 2010. 

His role is to stimulate, coordinate, monitor and assess all research activity within the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences. In 2006, Professor Marcora changed his research direction and decided to integrate exercise physiology with motivation psychology and cognitive neuroscience. This psychobiological approach has generated several innovative studies including the effects of mental fatigue on endurance performance and brain training for endurance athletes (Brain Endurance Training). Professor Marcora had been research consultant for MAPEI Sport Service in Italy where he contributed to highly cited research on football and mountain biking physiology. 

Dr. Close is the programme lead for the MSc in Sport Nutrition at Liverpool John Moores University, where his research is focused upon the effects of vitamin D deficiencies in athletic performance, the role of antioxidants in the recovery of muscle function and practical nutrition in elite rugby. He has published 75 papers on various aspects of sport nutrition and exercise physiology and is currently supervising 12 PhD students.

From an applied perspective, Graeme is accredited with the UK Strength and Conditioning Association (UKSCA), he is an accredited physiologist with the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) and is also Deputy Chair and a member of the Sport and Exercise Nutrition register (SENr). Graeme is currently the expert nutrition consultant to England Rugby, he is the lead nutritionist for British Ski and Snowboard he works with professional jockeys and European Tour golfers as well as regularly providing nutrition consultancy to Super League Rugby clubs.