About the Author: Jack Darkes, Ph.D.

Jack Darkes, Ph.D. received his doctorate in clinical psychology form the University of South Florida (USF) is 1994. He did his post-doctoral work in learning and memory factors in substance use at the Alcohol and Substance Use Research Institute (ASURI) at USF. He is currently as assistant professor in the Department of Psychology and the Director of Interventions at ASURI at USF. Dr. Darkes has authored numerous publications, chapters, and conference presentations addressing issues of learning, memory, and cognition in alcohol use and has also been instrumental in designing new approaches to the prevention of alcohol abuse in college students.

He has been an avid weight trainer for 20 years and is interested in all things related to weight training and performance enhancement through drug use, supplementation, and diet. He credits these interests and activities with helping keep him young. He has been an active member of several ongoing discussion groups on weight training and diet on the Internet and has had several short pieces on diet and exercise published on other Internet resources. He is married and he and his wife are avid ferret owners, keeping an active group of seven ferrets (or being kept by them).