Dr Marie Bhanugopan is an Associate Professor in Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology at the School of Agricultural, Environmental and Veterinary Sciences at Charles Sturt University. Marie joined the School of Animal & Veterinary Sciences, CSU in September 2008.

Her research interests include  physiology particularly energy and mineral interactions, peri-parturient disorders and their impact on production and reproduction . Her special interest includes calcium homeostasis and role of minerals and vitamins in immunity and bone health in sheep, cattle and poultry. Her major research interests are in animal nutrition, physiology and their impact on production and reproduction in sheep, cattle, pig and poultry. Her special interest includes calcium homeostasis and role of minerals and vitamins in immunity and bone health in sheep, cattle, and poultry. Marie has been successful in securing external grants as both principal and co- investigator from within Charles sturt and external industry funding from DSM nutritional, Meat & Livestock Australia, and Australian Wool Innovation Australia.

Marie has developed and is interested  in the development of online interactive tools to teach anatomy and physiology to animal and veterinary science students. She has developed resources for anatomy teaching under the Pacific Paravet training project aimed at improving animal health capacity. Marie is the subject coordinator for Veterinary Physiology and teaches Anatomy and Physiology to Animal science and Veterinary science graduates and was the Bachelor of Veterinary Biology/ Bachelor of Veterinary science Honours coordinator from 2012 to 2019.

• Role of Minerals and Vitamins on immunity, production and reproduction
• Metabolic disorders and embryonic mortality in sheep and dairy cows
• Supplementation of late pregnant and lactating ewes grazing dual purpose wheat
• Investigating the role of Vitamin D in fetal programming of bone development: defining early roles using an in vivo and in vitro model of fetal osteogenesis
• Assessing bone health on mineral and energy metabolism during growth, pregnancy and lactation

• Veterinary Anatomy
• Veterinary Physiology
• Animal Anatomy and Physiology

• Regular member of the American Physiological Society
• Member of the Australian Society of Animal Production

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