David Montero obtained his PhD degree with leading cardiovascular exercise physiologists in Avignon, France, and received postdoctoral training at the Cardiovascular Research Institute of Maastricht, the Zurich Center for Integrative Human Physiology and the Department of Cardiology at the University Hospital of Zurich. Currently, he investigates fundamental mechanisms underpinning the cardiac-hematological capacity to deliver oxygen to the tissues, one of the strongest (performance endurance) and clinical (all-cause mortality) predictors. Embracing integrative approaches, his laboratory focuses on the controlled manipulation and accurate acquisition of the interplay between cardiovascular, hematological and metabolic systems during physiologically relevant conditions.