Villanova University – BS
University of Kentucky – MS
University of Kentucky – PhD

Introduction to Exercise Science
Exercise Physiology with Lab
Exercise Testing and Prescription
Nutrition
Nutrition for Health and Fitness
Strength and Conditioning
Research Methods in Health and Exercise Science
Senior Seminar in Health and Exercise Science

My primary research agenda is focused on the noninvasive examination of factors that influence the perception of effort during endurance exercise, in addition to assessing skeletal muscle function and fatigue during endurance exercise that is anchored to physiological or perceptual parameters.

-Influence of deception of task duration on the sex-specific physiological responses to RPE-clamp cycle ergometry. European Journal of Applied Physiology 125.7 (2025): 1933-1947
-Physiological, Perceptual, and Neuromuscular Responses to VO2-Clamp Cycle Ergometry Exercise. Physiologia 4.2 (2024): 226-242
-Responses to exercise at the critical heart rate vs. the power output associated with the critical heart rate. The Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research 37.12 (2023): 2362-2372
-Examination of Individual Responses to Determine VO2max During Cycling Ergometry in Women. Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, 8.124 (2023): 1-12.
-Comparisons of the metabolic intensities at heart rate, gas exchange, and ventilatory thresholds. International Journal of Exercise Science, 13.2 (2020): 455-469.

-Metabolic responses to endurance exercise anchored to vigorous ratings of perceived exertion. (Presented at the American College of Sports Medicine Conference, 2024, Boston, MA)
-Performance fatigability, muscle excitation, and neuromuscular efficiency after cycling anchored to vigorous ratings of perceived exertion. (Presented at the National Strength and Conditioning Association Conference, 2023, Las Vegas, NV)

Research Products:
-Benitez, B., Succi, P.J., & Snell, E. (2025). GET and RCP Detection Analyzer: Automated threshold detection for graded exercise tests (Version 1.0) [Software]. https://github.com/BBenitez95/GET_Detection_Analyzer
-Butterfield, T.A., & Succi, P.J. Device and method for testing muscle fatigue of a cyclist resulting from cycling activity [Hardware]. Provisional Patent Pending