Associate Professor in Environmental Sustainability
Institute of Environmental Sciences, Leiden University
Research
I am a quantitative environmental scientist whose research focuses on the Environmental Sustainability of (a)biotic resources. This involves assessing the dynamics of nutrients and critical materials through the technosphere and environment. Using modelling approaches (system dynamics, biogeochemical reaction-transport, statistical, life cycle assessments, material flow analyses, input-output analyses), I quantify the influence of human systems on global carbon, nutrient, metal and rare-earth cycles.
Some recent (highlight) publications
Some recent publication highlights from my diverse research portfolio. For a complete list of publications, see the publications page
- Mogollón, J.M., Hadjikakou, M., Taherzadeh, O., Ngumbi, E.N., van Zanten, H.H.E., Basu, N.B., Kortleve, A.J., Behrens, P. (2026) Broad bidirectional effects of global food production on the environment. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, v. 7, p. 280–293
- Kortleve, A.J., Mogollón, J.M., Harwatt, H., Bruckner, M., Liu, B., Behrens, P. (2026) Stranded assets in European agriculture during food system transformations. Nature Food, 7, 38–44
- Taherzadeh, O., Cai, H., Mogollón, J.M. (2026) Small farms contribute a third of the food consumed in high-income nations. Nature Food, v. 7(1), 66–73
- Coudard, A., Szabo-Hemmings, T., Honorine Delval, M., Ravisandiran, S.M., Mogollón, J.M. (2025) The FOWCUS Dataset. Scientific Data, 12(1), 1553
- Mogollón, J.M., Bouwman, A.F., Beusen, A.H.W., Lassaletta, L., van Grinsven, H.J.M., Westhoek, H. (2021) More efficient phosphorus use can avoid cropland expansion, Nature Food, v.2, p.509-518, doi: 10.1038/s43016-021-00303-y