Charlotte Gowers

Charlotte Gowers is a Lecturer and Course Director in Sport and Exercise Science at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU), leading the ARU Performance Centre. Her role combines academic teaching in exercise physiology and nutrition with applied athlete support. She specializes in endurance sport performance, focusing on optimizing training and nutrition to mitigate Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S).

Teaching Responsibilities: She teaches on BSc programs including Sport and Exercise Science, Applied Sport Science, and Sport Science for Health. Her modules emphasize evidence-based practice and real-world applications.

Research Interests: Charlotte’s work spans endurance physiology, training intensity distribution, and performance nutrition. Her recent studies address low energy availability in athletes, bone health, psychological strain, and burnout in female athletes. She integrates applied coaching insights into her research and student supervision.

Labs/Teams: She oversees the ARU Performance Centre, a physiology laboratory facilitating student engagement in athlete testing and research.

Grants/Supervision: Supervises undergraduate research in RED-S, endurance performance, and dietary supplementation. Active in peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations on athlete health and sports nutrition.