Dr. Ashley Green
Dr. Ashley Green
Lecturer at the Department of Health Sciences and Technology
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Ashley Green is a postdoctoral researcher specializing in evaluating current and future food systems with a focus on environmental, nutritional, and social sustainability dimensions, utilizing innovative methods and metrics. Key research areas include: (1) advancements in nutritional life cycle assessment, (2) environmental modelling of future foods (e.g., insects), (3) the use/development of nutrient profiling algorithms, (4) and assessments of micronutrient deficiencies and interventions. She is interested in playing a small part in the transition toward a sustainable and just future that is inclusive for all groups.
Prior to joining the SFP Group, Ashley worked as a Consultant for the UN FAO in Rome, Italy with a focus on transboundary threats and food security. Before this, she was an Analyst at the World Resources Institute in Washington D.C., working in climate finance and sustainable investing. Ashley received her Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science from the University of Pennsylvania and her M.S. in Natural Resources and the Environment, with a focus on sustainable food systems, from the University of Michigan.
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Relevant publications
· Green, A., Blattman, C., Chen, C., Mathys, A., (2022). ‘The role of alternative proteins and future foods in sustainable and contextually-adapted flexitarian diets.’ Trends in Food Science and Technology.
· Green, A., Nemecek, T., Smetana, S., Mathys, A., (2021) ‘Reconciling nutritional needs with environmental protection: Using nutritional life cycle assessment to optimize food systems.’ Journal of Cleaner Production.
· Green, A., Nemecek, T., Chaudhary, A., & Mathys, A. (2020). Assessing nutritional, health, and environmental sustainability dimensions of agri-food production. Global Food Security, 26, 100406.
· McLaren, S., Berardy, A., Henderson, A., Holden, N., Huppertz, T., Jolliet, O., Renouf, M., Rugani, B., Saarinen, M., van der Pols, J., Vázquez-Rowe, I., Antón Vallejo, A., Bianchi, M., Chaudhary, A., Chen, C., Cooreman Algoed, M., Dong, H., Grant, T., Green, A., Hallström, E., Hoang, H., Leip, A., Lynch, J., McAuliffe, G., Ridoutt, B., Saget, S., Scherer, L., Tuomisto, H., Tyedmers, P. & van Zanten, H. 2021. Integration of environment and nutrition in life cycle assessment of food items: opportunities and challenges. (2021). Rome, FAO.
· Spykman, R., Hossaini, S. M., Peguero, D. A., Green, A., Heinz, V., & Smetana, S. (2021). A modular environmental and economic assessment applied to the production of Hermetia illucens larvae as a protein source for food and feed. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 1-18.
· Matthias, S., Jattke, M., Berr, M., Desing, H., Green, A., Hellweg, S., Laurenti, R., Meglin,R., Muir,K., Pedolin, D., Shinde, R., Weiz, T., Keller, R. (2021) "How life cycle based science and practice supports the transition towards a sustainable economy" International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment.
· Chaya, M. Xiang, T., Green, A., Gu, BG. (2021) “Impact of climate change on pests of rice and cassava” CAB Reviews
· Jones, A. D., Hoey, L., Blesh, J., Miller, L., Green, A., & Shapiro, L. F. (2016). A systematic review of the measurement of sustainable diets. Advances in nutrition, 7(4), 641-664.
· Adegoke, O. O., Ince, M., Mishra, A., Green, A., Varnavski, O., Martínez-Díaz, M. V., ... & Goodson III, T. (2013). Synthesis and ultrafast time resolved spectroscopy of peripherally functionalized Zinc phthalocyanine bearing oligothienylene-ethynylene subunits. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 117(40), 20912-20918
Working Papers
· Green, A., Westphal, M. (2017) “Designing and Testing a Methodology to Estimate Private Finance Mobilization from Policy and Other Causal Factors.” World Resources Institute. Washington, D.C
· Christianson, G., Lee, A., Larson, G., & Green, A. (2017) “Financing the Energy Transition: Are World Bank, IFC, and ADB Energy Supply Investments Supporting a Low-Carbon Future?” World Resources Institute. Washington, D.C.