Dr. Andrew VanderZaag

Research Scientist

Scientist based at the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa, Ontario. Lead and collaborate on research projects related to:

Methane emissions, Biogas
Nitrous oxide emissions
Water use efficiency
Decentralized wastewater treatment
Agricultural meteorology
Agricultural sustainability

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Ottawa

Current research and/or projects

Understanding methane emissions from liquid manure storage across Canada (AAFC internal funds)
Water use efficiency in dairy farming (AAFC & Dairy Farmers of Canada)
Environmental aspects of biogas (AAFC & industry funds)
Environmental efficiency of dairy cropping systems (collaborator)
Ammonia emissions from manure management (collaborator)
Carbon and water fluxes from cropping systems (collaborator)
Nitrous oxide emissions during spring thaw (collaborator)

Education and awards

PhD, Biological Engineering (Dalhousie, 2009)
BSc, Environmental Sciences (Guelph, 2003)

International experience and/or work

Greenhouse gas emissions in Cameroon

Additional links

https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=g91Ds5YAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

Key publications

Johannesson, G.H., Lauzon, J., Crolla, A., Gilroyed, B., Vanderzaag, A., Gordon, R. (2017). Impact of manure storage conditions and time on decomposition of and losses from liquid dairy manure stored in a temperate climate. Canadian Journal of Soil Science, [online] 98(1), 148-160. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjss-2017-0083
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Guan, J., Chan, M., VanderZaag, A. (2017). Inactivation of Avian Influenza Viruses on Porous and Non-porous Surfaces is Enhanced by Elevating Absolute Humidity. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, [online] 64(4), 1254-1261. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tbed.12499
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Vergé, X., VanderZaag, A., Smith, W., Grant, B., Gordon, R. (2017). The consideration of time step in calculating grey water footprints of agricultural cropping systems. Ecological Indicators, [online] 78 31-36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.03.006
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Haverstock, M.J., Madani, A., Baldé, H., VanderZaag, A.C., Gordon, R.J. (2017). Performance of an agricultural wetland-reservoir-irrigation management system. Water, [online] 9(7), http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w9070472
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Guest, G., Smith, W., Grant, B., VanderZaag, A., Desjardins, R., McConkey, B. (2017). A comparative life cycle assessment highlighting the trade-offs of a liquid manure separator-composter in a Canadian dairy farm system. Journal of Cleaner Production, [online] 143 824-835. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.12.041
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Habetwold, J., Gordon, R.J., Wood, J.D., Wagner-Riddle, C., VanderZaag, A.C., Dunfield, K.E. (2017). Dairy manure total solid levels impact CH4 flux and abundance of methanogenic archaeal communities. Journal of Environmental Quality, [online] 46(1), 232-236. http://dx.doi.org/10.2134/jeq2016.11.0451
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Bosak, V.K., VanderZaag, A.C., Crolla, A., Kinsley, C., Miller, S.S., Chabot, D., Gordon, R.J. (2017). Treatment of potato farm wastewater with coagulation. Applied Engineering in Agriculture, [online] 33(1), 95-101. http://dx.doi.org/10.13031/aea.11609
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Wagner-Riddle, C., VanderZaag, A., Jaysundara, S., Congreves, K. (2017). Mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions from the whole farm, 12 1-10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/PAVSNNR201712044
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VanderZaag, A.C., MacDonald, J.D., and Wagner-Riddle, C. (2016). "National Survey of Energy Savings, and Environmental Benefits of Agricultural Biogas Production.", Value of Biogas Conference & Forum, Toronto, Canada, March 23, 2016, Invited presentation.
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Desjardins, R.L., Worth, D.E., Verge, X., Maxime, D., VanderZaag, A.C., Dyer, J.A., and Arcand, Y. (2016). "Greenhouse Gas Emission Intensities of Agricultural Products.", in Clearwater, R.L., Martin, T. and Hoppe, T. (eds.) - Environmental sustainability of Canadian agriculture: Agri-environmental indicator report series -- Report #4, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Chapter 18, pp. 211-222.
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Wagner-Riddle, C., VanderZaag, A.C., and Gordon, R.J. (2016). "Reducing the contribution of stored manure to the greenhouse gas budget of dairy farms.", Greenhouse Gas and Animal Agriculture (GGAA) Conference, Melbourne, Australia, February 14-18, 2016.
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Wagner-Riddle, C., Kariyapperuma, K., and VanderZaag, A.C. (2016). "Greenhouse gas emissions from a dairy farm with an operational biogas system.", Value of Biogas Conference & Forum, Toronto, Canada, March 23, 2016.
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Smith, W.N., Grant, B., VanderZaag, A., Qi, Z., Drury, C., Desjardins, R., Pattey, E., Dutta, B., Guest, G. 2016. Overview of Canada DNDC model development and studies pertaining to crop water use and nutrient loss. China-Canada Water Resource Workshop, Ottawa, ON, Canada, November 15th, 2016.
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"From fields to regions: Improving crop model predictions, using remote sensing-derived biophysical descriptors and climate data." Pattey, E.,Jégo, G. ,A. Vanderzaag, J. Liu, B. Qian, X. Geng; Res. Team: S. Admiral, M. Mesbah, D. Dow, T. HotteF. Baret, M. Weiss, R. Lacaze, F. Camacho, N. Beaudoin, R. Desjardins, T. Huffman, H. McNairn 2016. 2016 Canadian JECAM Site Update: CFIA-Ottawa. JECAM Science Meeting Kyiv, 11-12 Oct 2016 (poster).
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Riche, E.L.L., Vanderzaag, A.C., Wagner-Riddle, C., Dunfield, K., Sokolov, V.K., Gordon, R. (2016). Do volatile solids from bedding materials increase greenhouse gas emissions for stored dairy manure?. Canadian Journal of Soil Science, [online] 97(3), 512-521. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjss-2016-0119
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Baldé, H., VanderZaag, A.C., Burtt, S.D., Gordon, R.J., and Desjardins, R.L. (2016 accepted). "Does fall removal of the dairy manure sludge in a storage tank reduce subsequent methane emissions?", Journal of Environmental Quality.
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Baldé, H., VanderZaag, A.C., Burtt, S.D., Wagner-Riddle, C., Crolla, A., Desjardins, R.L., MacDonald, D.J. (2016). Methane emissions from digestate at an agricultural biogas plant. Bioresource Technology, [online] 216 914-922. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2016.06.031
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Baldé, H., VanderZaag, A.C., Burtt, S., Evans, L., Wagner-Riddle, C., Desjardins, R.L., MacDonald, J.D. (2016). Measured versus modeled methane emissions from separated liquid dairy manure show large model underestimates. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, [online] 230 261-270. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2016.06.016
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Bosak, V.K., Vanderzaag, A.C., Crolla, A., Kinsley, C., Chabot, D., Miller, S.S., Gordon, R.J. (2016). Treatment of potato farm wastewater with sand filtration. Environmental Technology, [online] 37(13), 1597-1604. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09593330.2015.1122095
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Robinson, A.D., Gordon, R.J., VanderZaag, A.C., Rennie, T.J., Osborne, V.R. (2016). Usage and attitudes of water conservation on Ontario dairy farms. Professional Animal Scientist, [online] 32(2), 236-242. http://dx.doi.org/10.15232/pas.2015-01468
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