Dr. Catherine Farrell CIEEM is a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Natural Sciences and Adjunct Teaching Fellow in the Business School at Trinity College Dublin. A pioneer of nature restoration and research in Ireland and internationally, Catherine also worked to pilot the UN SEEA Ecosystem Accounting framework at catchment scale in Ireland through the EPA funded INCASE project. 

Prior to INCASE Catherine was Senior Ecologist with Bord na Mona (2001-2019), where she worked to promote and develop peatland restoration and rehabilitation, and she also led the LIFE on Machair project (2022-2024), working with Ireland's rare and unique species-rich coastal grassland habitats.

Catherine is presently a Director of the Business for Biodiversity Ireland Platform and Hometree (a woodland charity based in Co. Clare); she also supports the Community Wetlands Forum in a scientific advisory capacity.