aranzazu louro lopez

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Dr Aránzazu Louro-López

Soils Emissions Specialist

Farming Footprints and Adaptations

PUBLICATIONS
Location
North Wyke, Okehampton, Devon, EX20 2SB
Tel
+44 (0) 1837 883 506
Email
Aranzazu.Louro-Lopez@rothamsted.ac.uk
Professional Platforms
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Biography

Aranzazu is interested in the cycling of carbon and nitrogen (N) in agricultural soils and how it can be managed to maintain high productivity, whilst also reducing environmental issues. She completed her PhD studies in Spain where she investigated and evaluated the impact of dairy farming practices on soil greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in order to make recommendations for practices that reduce emissions and increase crop yields. Aranzazu is currently designing and conducting laboratory experiments to investigate the fate of the applied N to agricultural soils. She is managing the new Plant-DENitrification Incubation System (P-DENIS), a new Rothamsted facility that allows monitoring of GHG emission from plant-soil systems. She is currently focused on the laboratory-controlled experiments, and continues collaborating/helping with field-scaled experiments on soil GHG emissions in the UK and abroad by advising on experimental issues and overseeing the collection of field data.

Science Projects

  • ERDF -Multi-species Swards via Cornwall Agri-tech(TOMS)
  • ERDF: Environmental Impact of Cell Grazing

Awards

  • 2015. PhD Environmental Science. Santiago de Compostela University, Spain
  • 2009. Msc Environmental and Fundamental Chemistry. A Coruña University, Spain
  • 2007. Bsc (Hons) Food Science and Technology. Santiago de Compostela University, Spain
  • 2004. BEng (Hons) Agricultural and Food Industries. Santiago de Compostela University, Spain