Staff Profile

Dr. Changhyun Lim is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism at Newcastle University, affiliated with the Population Health Science Institute (PHSI) and the Human Nutrition and Exercise Research Centre (HNERC) within the Faculty of Medical Sciences. He earned his Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology from Korea National Sport University in South Korea and completed nearly 6 years of postdoctoral fellowship in the Protein Metabolism Research Lab at McMaster University, Canada.

Dr. Lim’s research investigates how skeletal muscle adapts to nutrition, physical (in)activity, ageing, and disease. He focuses on uncovering the cellular and molecular mechanisms behind these adaptations using cutting-edge techniques such as skeletal muscle biopsies, stable isotope tracers, and multi-omics approaches. The ultimate goal of his work is to promote health and enhance quality of life by optimizing skeletal muscle metabolism.

Recent research interests:

• Preservation of skeletal muscle mass during GLP-1RA-induced weight loss
• Preventing muscle loss and metabolic dysfunction during disuse or sarcopenia
• Investigating changes in skeletal muscle mass as a regulator of systemic metabolic health and developing novel strategies to enhance metabolic outcomes

Dr. Lim welcomes the opportunity to supervise undergraduate and postgraduate students (Master's and Ph.D.), as well as postdoctoral researchers interested in skeletal muscle, physical activity (e.g., exercise), inactivity (e.g., immobilisation, bed-rest), nutrition, and ageing.

Publications: Google Scholar

SES8002 Exercise Metabolism and Sport Nutrition (Module lead, Postgraduate teaching)

SES1001 Bioenergetics (Lecturer, Undergraduate teaching)