Our Team | Leo Sitorski
Research Associate
Leonardo Sitorski is a Research Associate with AgNext at Colorado State University. Originally from Brazil, Leo graduated in Animal Sciences at Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul right before pursuing his master’s degree in animal sciences with focus in ruminant nutrition from the North Dakota State University. In 2018 after graduation, Leo started his career in the agriculture industry working as Research Manager at Lincoln County Feedyard in Nebraska for three years. The following opportunity happened when Leo moved to Colorado to work as a Feed Intake Division Manager for Leachman Cattle where he contributed to all data collection in the bull development division. At AgNext, Leo uses all his scientific and practical expertise to contribute to several different projects focused but not limited to feed conversion and greenhouse gas emissions in cattle.
Recent Publications
- Vargas, J. D. J., Werner, M., Swenson, M., Sitorski, L., Paula, E. M., Manriquez, D., Carvalho, P. H. & Place, S. E. (2025). Residual methane emission determination and classification of growing steers during the backgrounding and finishing phases. Journal of Animal Science, 103, skaf403.
- Vargas, J., Swenson, M., Gomez-Salmoral, M., Garcia, L., Paula, E., Sitorski, L., Campos, L., Carvalho, P., Stackhouse-Lawson, K., DiLorenzo, N., & Place, S. (2025). Use of animal performance and gas flux for estimating dry matter intake in growing steers. Translational Animal Science, 9, txaf111.
- Vargas, J., Swenson, M., Schilling-Hazlett, A. K., Reis, I. A., Velasquez, C., Martins, E. C., Sitorski, L., Campos, L. M., Carvalho, P. H. V., Stackhouse-Lawson, K. R., Place, S. E. (2025). Evaluation of models of enteric methane emissions in finishing steers. animal.