Andrew James Murray is a British physiologist focused on mitochondria and the effects on their function of athletic condition, high altitude, disease, diet, and age. [1] His work has included studies of the adaptations of the Sherpa people to high altitude, [2] loss of appetite in mountain climbers, [3] the negative cognitive effects of high-fat diets, [4] and the development of ketone ester dietary supplements marketed by American company HVMN [5] that have been claimed to enhance athletic performance. [6] [7]
Murray is originally from South Wales. [5] He earned a doctorate in 2004 from the University of Oxford. [8] He is a Professor in Metabolic Physiology in the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge [1] and a Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge. [9]