DrTamíris Da Costa

Dr Tamíris da Costa is an Assistant Professor in the UCD School of Biosystems & Food Engineering, and is Programme Director of the Grad Dip in Carbon Accounting & Life Cycle Assessment. Dr da Costa holds a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering and a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Federal University of Pampa, Brazil, as well as a PhD in Environmental Sciences and Engineering from the University of Aveiro, Portugal. Her research focuses on life cycle assessment, renewable energy systems, and the environmental sustainability of agri-food and bio-based systems. She is committed to promoting resource efficiency and circular bioeconomy principles by developing approaches to assess, and optimise the sustainability performance of emerging technologies and value chains. Dr da Costa currently leads and contributes to a growing portfolio of national and European funded research projects, including BioPyroC, funded by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland; TRANSFORM, funded through the EU Just Transition Fund; TRACE, funded through PEACEPLUS; Sproutfull, funded by EIT Food; FarmScan, funded by Green ERA-Hub/DAFM; and Bean Around, funded by Enterprise Ireland. Through these projects, her work addresses circularity, sustainability assessment, renewable energy, and innovation across bio-based and bioeconomy systems.