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Ciara Beausang

Research Officer - Climate Centre

Research Interests

Ciara completed her PhD at University College Dublin where she examined the environmental consequences of using agricultural feedstocks for anaerobic digestion in Ireland via life cycle assessment. Ciara joined the Teagasc Animal & Grassland Research Centre at Grange Co. Meath in November 2020 as a postdoctoral researcher. The focus of her research is the economic and environmental sustainability of biogas production from grass and grass-based products. Ciara is developing a research programme in the area of agricultural anaerobic digestion.

Current Projects

Ciara is developing a research programme in the area of agricultural anaerobic digestion.

Education

2015: BSc Environmental Plant Biotechnology, University College Cork

2016: MSc Food Security, University of Edinburgh

2021: PhD Biosystems Engineering, University College Dublin

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2915-2409

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ciara-Beausang

Beausang, C., McDonnell, K., & Murphy, F. (2021). Assessing the environmental sustainability of grass silage and cattle slurry for biogas production. Journal Of Cleaner Production298, 126838. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126838

Beausang, C., McDonnell, K., & Murphy, F. (2020). Anaerobic digestion of poultry litter – A consequential life cycle assessment. Science Of The Total Environment735, 139494. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139494

Beausang, C., Hall, C., & Toma, L. (2017). Food waste and losses in primary production: Qualitative insights from horticulture. Resources, Conservation And Recycling126, 177-185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2017.07.042