Natasha Browne
Technologist - Climate SustainabilityResearch Interests
Natasha project manages AgNav a digital sustainability carbon footprint tool created for Irish farmers. AgNav conducts Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) of commercial farms. She manages relationships and collaborates with Teagasc advisors and researchers, the AgNav partners of Teagasc, Bord Bia and ICBF, and other third parties. Natasha reviews the viability of obtaining new models and datasets, and incorporating new functionality, whilst ensuring data management and governance is in place.
Previous Projects
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- EU H2020 funded project Climate Neutral Farms - ClieNFarms - supporting the transition to climate neutral/climate resilient European farming
- EU H2020 funded project Resilience for Dairy - R4D – increasing the resilience of dairy farms across Europe
- EU H2020 funded project Smart Agri Hubs – Flagship Innovation Experiment One - Farm Sustainability Audit
PhD
Lameness and pain management on Irish dairy farms
Current Projects
Education
- GradDip Carbon Accounting & Life Cycle Assessment – University College Dublin, Ireland (2024-Present)
- PhD in Veterinary Science - University of Nottingham, UK / Teagasc Moorepark Walsh Scholar, Ireland (2018-2022)
- Level 9 CPD Module - Leadership for Agri-Food Research - University College Cork, Ireland (2021)
- c (Hons) Zoology - Swansea University, UK (2015-2018)