Background

Zemel, Michael Barry was born on April 6, 1954 in Newark, New Jersey, United States. Son of Sylvan and Sylvia L. (Saffer) Zemel.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University of Wisconsin, 1976; Master of Science, University of Wisconsin, 1978; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, 1980.

Career

Assistant professor nutrition and food science, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1980-1985; associate professor, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1985-1990; associate professor endocrinology and hypertension, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1985-1990; research biochemist, VA Medical Center, Allen Park, Michigan, 1987-1991; professor, department head department nutrition, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, since 1990; professor of medicine and physiology, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, since 1990.

Achievements

• Michael Barry Zemel has been listed as a noteworthy Nutritional physiologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Council on High Blood Pressure Research. Member American Federation Clinical Research, American Institute Nutrition, American Society Clinical Nutrition, American Society Hypertension, Endocrine Society, Inter-American Society Hypertension, New York Academy Sciences, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Paula Carney, December 29, 1976. Children: Abigail, Rachel.

Father:

Sylvan Zemel

Mother:

Sylvia L. (Saffer) Zemel

Spouse:

Paula Carney

child:

Abigail Zemel

child:

Rachel Zemel