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Carl Maresh 
Program Area: Kinesiology

(614) 292-3675



Dr. Carl Maresh is a professor and the Department Chair of Human Sciences. His first professional appointment was director of the Health Institute at Saint Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. He was then recruited to the Midwest Research Institute (presently MRI Global) in Kansas City where he served as a senior research scientist in the departments of bio-organic chemistry and bio-behavioral sciences. Prior to assuming his position at The Ohio State University in 2014, Dr. Maresh was a board of trustees distinguished professor of kinesiology at the University of Connecticut where he held joint appointments in the departments of physiology & neurobiology, nutritional sciences, physical therapy and the School of Medicine. He is a fellow in the American College of Sports Medicine and the National Academy of Kinesiology.

Widely acknowledged as an eminent scholar in exercise science, Dr. Maresh’s contributions have influenced the way people view the importance of exercise across the lifespan, including the efficacy of structured exercise in clinically compromised patients. His research on the physiological responses to different environmental stressors, and on optimum methods of hydration, has greatly increased our knowledge of how the human body manages such challenges and has wide applications to injury and disease prevention, and performance enhancement in both neutral and extreme environments. His extramural funding, in excess of $12 million, has been secured from government, corporate, and professional agencies.

Dr. Maresh has dedicated himself to comprehensively serving his research and academic departments, and his professional organizations. At the University of Connecticut, as director of the Human Performance Laboratory for 29 years, and department head of kinesiology from 1998-2012, he was responsible for bringing together a truly renowned group of scientists. As a result, his department was ranked over a 10 year period as the No. 1 kinesiology doctoral program in the United States. Dr. Maresh also proudly served as a member and/or chair of several IRBs for studies involving human subjects spanning 18 years. He is a member of seven professional organizations, having served in several capacities including membership on a national board of trustees, as president and associate editor. He has served on peer review panels and/or study sections for NIH, DOD and NASA.

