Julio Mosquera Losada

Julio Mosquera Losada is a Researcher at Wageningen Livestock Research, Wageningen University & Research, specializing in emissions and manure valorisation within livestock systems. His work focuses on developing measurement protocols and guidelines for emissions from naturally ventilated barns across diverse animal sectors including cattle, pigs, and poultry.

His primary research areas encompass Emissions (ammonia, methane, nitrous oxide), Livestock Housing systems, Manure Management strategies, and Greenhouse Gas mitigation. He investigates emission factors for species like laying hens, deep-litter systems, and cage housing while analyzing environmental parameters such as wind speed and air quality impacts on animal welfare.

Recent publications demonstrate a strong trend toward standardized measurement methodologies for livestock emissions, particularly emphasizing ammonia and methane quantification across multiple species. His work bridges field measurements with practical guidelines for barn emissions, showing consistent focus on methodological improvements from 2023-2025 publications.

As an academic advisor, Mosquera Losada serves as co-promotor for PhD candidate C. Schep on emissions variability in dairy systems. He leads major funded projects including Meetprogramma methaan en ammoniak (2022-2026) and Validatie CO2-productiemodel geiten (2022-2024), securing sustained research support for methane reduction and emission factor validation.

He actively contributes to the Emissions & Manure Valorisation research group, coordinating national measurement campaigns and collaborating internationally on techniques for greenhouse gas monitoring in livestock environments through projects referenced in agricultural policy frameworks.