Bettina Karsten
Bettina Karsten MA
Senior Lecturer in Exercise Physiology
Office: Grenville 122
Email: kb20@gre.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)20 8331 7927
Fax: +44 (0)20 8331 9805
Profile
Bettina obtained her BSc (Hons) in Sport Science and Biology from the University of Hannover/Germany in 1995. She took up a position in a Rehabilitation Centre for musculo-skeletal rehabilitation whilst obtaining a taught Masters degree in Exercise Rehabilitation at the School for Physiotherapy in Wuerzburg/Germany.
With a background in business she built her company for Exercise Rehabilitation and Personal Training in Brighton in 1998 after moving to the UK in December1997. A former swimmer and Volleyball player her personal interest was focused on injuries of the shoulder and lower back.
In 2003 she joined the University of Greenwich as a Lecturer in Exercise Physiology and was promoted to Senior Lecturer level in 2005. Subsequently she has taken over the Academic Tutorship for all level I sport science students. In 2007 she was appointed as the coordinator between the South London Lifelong Learning Network and Department for Life and Sport Science that focuses on alternative learner and their progression at University. Part of her role is to act as a link tutor between Greenwich University and Partner Colleges.
Bettina has recently begun a PhD researching entitled “Investigation of the effect of resistance and cardio-vascular training regimes on oxygen deficit and post excess oxygen consumption in obese male subjects”.
Bettina continues to be registered with the British Association of Sport and Exercise Science and the American College of Sports Medicine.
Teaching and Research Interests
- Obesity and Exercise
- Pathophysiology of clinical populations
- Critical Power Concept
- Oxygen kinetics
- Pedagogical research into enhancement of the learning experience of Science Undergraduates
Course Participation
| ANAT0017 | Advanced Sports Physiology |
| ANAT1036 | Exercise Physiology and Testing |
| BIOL1005 | Project |
| BIOL1020 | Practical and Research Skills I |
| BIOL1021 | Practical and Research Skills II |
| OBIO1012 | Movement Science and Injury |
| OBIO1016 | Fundamentals of Sport and Exercise Science |