Claudia Wagner-Riddle (born 1961) is a Canadian agrometeorologist. She is a Professor in Agrometeorology in the School of Environmental Sciences at the

University of Guelph , mottoeng = "to learn the reasons of realities" , established = May 8, 1964 ()As constituents: OAC: (1874) Macdonald Institute: (1903) OVC: (1922) , type = Public university , chancellor ...

and Editor-In-Chief of the journal ''

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology ''Agricultural and Forest Meteorology'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research on the relationships between meteorology and the fields of plant, animal, and soil sciences, ecology, and biogeochemistry. The editor-in-chief is Claud ...

.'' In 2020, Wagner-Riddle was appointed Director of the North America regional chapter of the International Nitrogen Initiative and elected a Fellow of the

American Meteorological Society The American Meteorological Society (AMS) is the premier scientific and professional organization in the United States promoting and disseminating information about the Atmospheric sciences, atmospheric, Oceanography, oceanic, and Hydrology, hydr ...

Early life and education

Wagner-Riddle was born in 1961 and raised in Rolandia, Brazil, where she completed her first two degrees in agronomic engineering at the

University of São Paulo The University of São Paulo ( pt, Universidade de São Paulo, USP) is a public university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is the largest Brazilian public university and the country's most prestigious educational institution, the best ...

. Upon completing her undergraduate degree, she accepted a research position in Germany looking at soil erosion which inspired her to pursue graduate research in the subject. As a result, she travelled to North America and enrolled at the

's Department of Land Resource Science for her PhD.

Career

Upon completing her PhD, Wagner-Riddle joined the faculty at her alma mater, the University of Guelph, in 1994. Beginning in 2008, she has been collaborating with organizations from her homeland, Brazil, in documenting the impact that management of agriculture has on greenhouse gas emissions. Wagner-Riddle was also elected to the

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Board of Directors and contributed to the development of the Nitrous Oxide Emission Reduction Protocol. Her research led to a cross-Canada partnership of government, industry and universities in green agriculture technologies to benefit Canadian farmers. In 2011,

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granted the university nearly $4 million in grant funds to study and develop tools to help farmers mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. She also received $2.8 million from the federal Agricultural Greenhouse Gases Program to lead a research project to lower the

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dairy farming in Canada Dairy farming is one of the largest agricultural sectors in Canada. Dairy has a significant presence in all of the provinces and is one of the top two agricultural commodities in seven out of ten provinces. In 2018, there were 967,700 dairy cows ...

. The following year, Wagner-Riddle was named a YMCA-YWCA Women of Distinction Award for her "efforts to integrate the life and physical sciences to address environmental problems." In 2012, Wagner-Riddle was appointed Editor-In-Chief of the journal ''

.'' While serving in this role, she also became the director of the University of Guelph’s Soil Health Interpretive Centre where she teaches visitors about soils as ecosystems. A few years later, she was elected a Fellow of the Canadian Society of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. In 2020, Wagner-Riddle was appointed Director of the North America regional chapter of the International Nitrogen Initiative and elected a Fellow of the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wagner-Riddle, Claudia Living people 1961 births Brazilian women academics University of São Paulo alumni University of Guelph alumni University of Guelph faculty Academic journal editors Fellows of the American Meteorological Society People from Rolândia