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Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas
Julian is a Ph.D student at Kansas State Univerity originally from Colombia.
He received his Bachelor’s degree in animal science from Universidad Nacional de Colombia. During college, Julian received hands-on training in chemical methodologies to estimate chemical composition of multiple raw materials. Julian also participated in research focused on nutritional strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from livestock (methane and nitrous oxide).
After finishing college, he moved to Mexico to pursue a Master´s degree in Agricultural Science at Universidad Automa de Yucatan, where he worked with statistical models to predict chemical composition of different raw materials and nutritional strategies to reduce beef cattle methane emissions.
After his Master´s, Julian started to work as a junior swine nutritionist in KEKÈN (one of the largest pork producers in Mexico) where during his five years he was in charge of diet formulation, and leading the development and implementation of nutrition and management related research.
Julian joined the Kansas State University Applied Swine Nutrition team to start his PhD in August 2023. His research has involved assessing the impact of fiber and phase feeding budgets on performance in nursery pigs. Currently, Julian's research is centered on evaluating zinc sources and dietary levels on the performance and zinc excretion in nursery and finishing pigs and he is part of an interdisciplinary team working on estimating the environmental impact of the American swine industry using the life cycle assessment (LCA) approach. In addition, he leads weekly meetings, manages data, conducts statistical analyses, and writes final reports for a commercial research program within a large swine production system. Upon completion of his Ph.D., Julian plans to continue contributing to the swine industry as a production swine nutritionist, where he will apply his knowledge and research skills to develop innovative and sustainable feeding strategies.
Monday, March 10, 2025
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM CST
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
9:30 AM – 9:45 AM CST
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM CST