Marianne Holtsmark Kraugerud achieved her veterinary degree with Distinction from University of Bristol in 2003. She holds a PhD in environmental toxicology/endocrine disruptors from the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science and is an ECVP Diplomate. She has worked since 2015 with diagnostic and experimental pathology of aquaculture species, particularly Atlantic Salmon. She is currently the manager of the histopathology service at Pharmaq Analytiq.