Marijke Beltman graduated from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Utrecht in 2004. She began working as an Intern in Large Animal Medicine in University College Dublin (UCD) Veterinary Hospital in that same year and spent a year in large animal practice in Co. Mayo before returning to UCD to undertake a combined residency and PhD programme. She obtained her PhD in 2010 in the area of early embryo development in cattle and was appointed as Lecturer in Clinical Reproduction in August of the same year. In November of 2010 she became a diplomate of the European College of Animal Reproduction (ECAR) and she has served both as secretary and as president on the board of the college before taking a break and returning as ordinary board memeber in 2026. Her main research interests include factors affecting early embryonic development in cattle, uterine disease as well as heat detection efficiency, which all combine in trying to elucidate on the drivers of reduced reproductive performance in dairy cows. She also has an interest in the OneHealth aspects of animal reproduction, both in the area of sustainability as well as the translation from animal reproduction to human ssisted reproduction. Marijke teaches clinical reproduction of all species as well as farm animal medicine and herd health on both the veterinary medicine and veterinary nursing degree programmes and spends her days between the UCD Veterinary Hospital on the UCD main Belfield campus, UCD Lyons Farm as well as commercial dairy, beef and sheep farms.