Skip to main contentAll experts

Assoc ProfessorHelen Sheridan

Associate Professor

School of Agriculture and Food Science

Orcid identifier0000-0003-2938-1006 (opens in a new tab)⁠
  • Associate Professor
    School of Agriculture and Food Science
  • 01 716 7010
  • University College Dublin, School of Agriculture and Food Science, Agriculture and Food Science Belfield Dublin 4

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Teagasc Authority
    1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2028
    Member
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    Presentation to the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine (opens in a new tab)⁠
    13 May 2014
  • PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
    Agricultural Science Association
    Council Member
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Agricultural Science Programme Board Sub-committee
  • PROFESSIONAL IMPACT
    Smartgrass: Improving the Sustainability of Livestock Farming (opens in a new tab)⁠
    Research by the SmartGrass team has provided a new tool for farmers and policymakers to address many agri-environmental challenges. The findings of SmartGrass have influenced a rapidly increasing number of farmers to sow these “multispecies swards”, helping to reduce their reliance on nitrogen fertilisers, support biodiversity, and protect the wider environment.
  • PROFESSIONAL IMPACT
    UCD Research Impact Case Study Runner up 2021 (opens in a new tab)⁠
    Irelands agricultural systems are dominated by pasture-based production of meat and milk. This production is heavily dependent on expensive and often environmentally damaging chemical inputs. Through the adoption of multispecies swards, SmartGrass has moved the focus from using chemical inputs to biological solutions to increase animal performance, biodiversity and profitability and to reduce the negative environmental impacts associated with meat production. These findings are now being implemented on an increasing number of Irish farms