World-leading experts in St. Moritz
Meet the internationally renowned scientists and practitioners joining us for the first St. Moritz Altitude Summit.
Benjamin D. Levine, MD
UT Southwestern Medical Center, USA
Benjamin Levine is a leading sports cardiologist and exercise physiologist. His research focuses on cardiovascular adaptation to exercise, high altitude, aging and spaceflight. He is internationally recognized for his pioneering work on the “Live High–Train Low” approach to altitude training.
Grégoire P. Millet, PhD
University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Grégoire Millet is Professor of Exercise Physiology at the University of Lausanne and an internationally recognized expert in altitude and hypoxic training. His current research focuses particularly on ultra-endurance performance, the interaction between altitude and endurance exercise, and sex differences in physiological responses and performance.
Kazunobu Okazaki, PhD
Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan
Kazunobu Okazaki is Professor of Exercise and Environmental Physiology at Osaka Metropolitan University. His research focuses on physiological adaptation to exercise and hypoxia, with particular expertise in erythropoietic responses to altitude exposure and their implications for exercise performance.
Martin Burtscher, MD, PhD
University of Innsbruck, Austria
Martin Burtscher is an internationally recognized expert in high-altitude medicine and exercise physiology. His extensive work on hypoxic conditioning explores how controlled exposure to hypoxia may be used not only for physical performance but also to promote health, prevention and physiological resilience.
Trent Stellingwerff, PhD
Canadian Sport Institute Pacific, Canada
Trent Stellingwerff is an internationally recognized sport scientist specializing in exercise physiology and sports nutrition. His research and applied work provide practical nutritional recommendations for elite athletes, with particular expertise in iron status, iron requirements and nutritional strategies surrounding altitude training.
Samuel Vergès, PhD
Université Grenoble Alpes, France
Samuel Vergès is an exercise physiologist and leader of the Exercise-Hypoxia research group at Université Grenoble Alpes. His research investigates human adaptation to extreme environments, particularly severe hypoxia. His field studies in La Rinconada, Peru, have provided unique insights into human physiology and health in populations living permanently at extreme altitude.
Franck Brocherie, PhD
French Institute of Sport (INSEP), France
Franck Brocherie is a sport scientist at INSEP specializing in environmental physiology and high-performance sport. His research includes altitude and hypoxic training, repeated-sprint performance and physiological adaptation in elite athletes.
Louise Deldicque, PhD
UCLouvain, Belgium
Louise Deldicque is Professor of Exercise Physiology at UCLouvain. Her research focuses on skeletal muscle physiology, exercise and nutrition, including the molecular responses of skeletal muscle to exercise and environmental stress.
Olivier Girard, PhD
University of Western Australia, Australia
Olivier Girard is an exercise physiologist whose research focuses on fatigue, repeated-sprint exercise and performance in challenging environments. His work includes innovative applications of hypoxic and altitude training in athletes.