Ciara Beausang
Research Officer - Climate CentreResearch 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 Production, 298, 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 Environment, 735, 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 Recycling, 126, 177-185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2017.07.042