Dominic D'Agostino, an associate professor at the University of South Florida (USF), develops ketone technologies and metabolic therapies that promote muscle balance and overall health. His laboratory focuses on regions of ketone research, including KetoNutrition, ketone technologies, and ketone supplementation. Among the techniques Dominic D'Agostino employs are electrophysiology, radio-telemetry, confocal microscopy, and biochemical assays. His team undertakes studies at the cellular, tissue, and whole-animal levels that involve wide-ranging gas pressures and oxygen concentrations.
Dr. D'Agostino has given talks and authored papers on diverse topics in his field, including the physiological benefits of nutritional ketosis. He has developed therapies that target cancer-specific glycolytic metabolism and apply “press pulse” protocols in exploiting cancer’s metabolic defects. Dr. D'Agostino has also focused efforts on improving biomarkers related to type 2 diabetes, obesity, insulin resistance, wound healing, muscle resilience, and workout performance.
Dr. D'Agostino is involved in organizations such as the American Physiological Society and the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society. Beyond his academic affiliations, he serves as a scientist at the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition in Ocala, Florida, where he focuses on grant writing, human subject research, and scientific outreach.