Guillermo Hernandez Ramirez
Contact
Professor, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sci - Renewable Resources Dept
- ghernand@ualberta.ca
Director, Graduate Studies, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sci - Renewable Resources Dept
- ghernand@ualberta.ca
Overview
About
Guillermo's Biosketch:
Guillermo has been working at UAlberta since 2012. He previously worked as a scientist with Plant and Food Research Institute (New Zealand), a professor at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences - University of Panama, and a postdoctoral researcher with USDA-ARS at the National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment (Iowa, United States). Guillermo received his B.Sc. from EARTH University (Costa Rica) and his Ph.D. from Purdue University (Indiana, United States), and holds professional agrologist (P.Ag.) designation in Alberta.
Guillermo's Academic Awards:
- Rutherford Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. University of Alberta.
- NACTA Teaching Award of Merit. North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture.
- Teacher of the Year Award. Faculty of ALES – University of Alberta.
- Humboldt Research Fellowship. Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and University of Hohenheim.
- Ed and Peggy Tyrchniewicz Award for Innovation in Teaching. Faculty of ALES – University of Alberta.
- Alberta Science and Technology (ASTech) Award for Innovation in Agricultural Science (as team award). ASTech Foundation.
- Inspiring Young Scientist Award. American Society of Agronomy (ASA).
- Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship. Purdue University.
- Frederick N. Andrews Award for Environmental Research. Purdue University.
- Fulbright Scholarship. US Department of State.
- Business, Environment, Learning and Leadership (BELL) Award (as team award). World Resources Institute (WRI).
Within UAlberta, Guillermo also participates in the Sustainability Council, Land Reclamation International Graduate School (LRIGS - program sponsored by NSERC CREATE), Alberta School of Forest Science and Management (ASFSM) as well as the Alberta Centre for Reclamation and Restoration Ecology (ACRRE).
Also, Guillermo serves to the broad community as an elected Councilor of the Alberta Institute of Agrologists (AIA) as well as in the Prizes and Awards Committee of the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS).
Research
Guillermo leads the Sustainable Land Ecosystems Research Group
As a research group, the foci encompass carbon, nitrogen and water cycling and dynamics in land ecosystems. For example, we examine sources, transformation, utilization, behavior, fate, and fluxes of carbon and nitrogen in land ecosystems (often also called agroecosystems) with particular focus on the relative responses, controlling factors, and feedbacks of greenhouse gas exchange and soil carbon sequestration to common and improved management options. Furthermore, field to landscape strategies for sustainable management, greenhouse gas mitigation, climate change adaptation, enhanced resilience of soil and whole ecosystems, improved nutrient and water use-efficiencies, and increased ecosystem services in agricultural systems are also subject of investigation. We aim to deepen, underpin, and extend the existing scientific knowledge on these relevant research areas in order to gain insights, to discover and establish principles, and ultimately to provide solutions for current challenging problems faced by the local, regional and global societies including environmental quality, natural resources conservation, and food and energy securities. Moreover, this collective work contributes to inform process modelling efforts, life cycle assessments, and provide the foundation for the development of policy towards carbon-negative and carbon-neutral systems.
The Research Group is currently integrated by five doctoral students, five master students, two undergraduate students, two research assistants and one postdoctoral fellow. The alumni include fourteen graduates, twenty nine undergraduates, eight assistants and three visiting professors. The background of the laboratory members includes Canada, Korea, Singapore, United States, Iran, China, Germany, Philippines, United Kingdom, Colombia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Brunei, Brazil, Ghana, Switzerland, and Vietnam. We continue enriching this diversity in our membership as we are open to applicants from all nations and backgrounds.
Announcements
Opportunities for Prospective Students:
Enquiries from prospective graduate (MSc and PhD) and undergraduate research students are cordially invited. We are continually welcoming academically-excellent and highly-motivated applicants who are interested in working with us. Following initial email contact and documentation assessment, candidates are encouraged to prepare and propose their research plan. All prospective students are expected to express their research interests. Upon admission acceptance and approval, students can be assigned to existing project(s) and funding sources available within our research group, or they can seek and secure their own external funding sources. Such funding from within our research group or other funding sources is useful for the students to support their living costs and tuition expenses. The central role of the students is as junior researchers.
Our dedicated and exciting research work in croplands, grasslands, forest and alpine ecosystems includes measuring, modelling, monitoring and mapping key properties, attributes, functions and fluxes.
Contact us preferably via email - ghernand@ualberta.ca. When emailing application documentation, please include: CV, transcripts of university credits, list of referees, statement of research interests, and other supporting information or materials as suitable. It is recommended to contact at least one of the current graduate students in our research group.
Please note that while engaging communications that focus on new opportunities, introductions, offers or propositions with clear linkages to research, teaching or outreach, effective responses are only feasible as time availability and shared interests become well aligned.
Courses
REN R 445 - Soil Fertility
Essential plant nutrients; driving factors of nutrient bioavailability and cycling; plant uptake and utilization of nutrients; evaluation of soil fertility in terms of nutrient deficiencies and responses; management of soil fertility challenges from both productivity and environmental perspectives; assessing options of nutrient sources. Lab exercises may include field trips. May require payment of additional student instructional support fees. Refer to the Tuition and Fees page in the University Regulations section of the Calendar. Prerequisite: REN R 210.
REN R 450 - Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture
Land-management issues that influence the sustainability of both agriculture and the land resource. Role of ecological processes in determining sustainability and the development and adoption of practices that facilitate long-term viability of both agriculture and biophysical resources. The concept of the agro-ecosystem and application of ecological principles to agricultural land management. Use of environmental indicators to measure and predict long-term sustainability of agricultural land management. Prerequisites: 60 units at university level including (REN R 210 or SOILS 210), and (BIOL 208 or PL SC 221).
REN R 545 - Advanced Plant Nutrition
Essential plant nutrients; driving factors of nutrient bioavailability and cycling; plant uptake and utilization of nutrients; evaluation of soil fertility in terms of nutrient deficiencies and responses; management of soil fertility challenges from both productivity and environmental perspectives; assessment of options of nutrient sources. Lab exercises may include field trips. Requires payment of additional student instructional support fees. Refer to the Tuition and Fees page in the University Regulations section of the Calendar. Not to be taken if credit received for REN R 445 or REN R 745. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
REN R 552 - Agricultural Sustainability and the Environment
Sustainability assessment of land ecosystems and land resources management. Implementation of sustainable development goals and pillars of sustainability as frameworks for evaluating cases of study around the globe when focusing on multifunctional land ecosystems. Design and modelling of whole farming systems while identifying externalities, developmental phases, and ecological valence. Analyses of underlying ecological processes and adoption of sustainable management. Long-term evolution of environmental problems and opportunities associated with agricultural landscapes and the biosphere. Conceptualization of sustainability. Not to be taken if credit received for REN R 450 or REN R 752
REN R 906 - Research Project
The final research project that comprises REN R 906 is a final capping exercise for the degrees of MAg and MF. Its practical and professional focus should integrate the core areas of study in the program. The successful completion of the project entails (1) a research topic approved by the supervisor; (2) the presentation of a draft research proposal; and (3) the presentation of the research as a written document to the supervisor. The project may take the form of any of the following: (1) a formal analysis of management practice, organizational processes or policy; (2) a formative or summative evaluation of a research project or program; (3) a case study, using secondary documents, survey data, or interviews; or (4) replication of a previous study, with either the introduction of a new variable or an analysis in a changed context.
Featured Publications
Iheshiulo E.M.-A., F.J. Larney, G. Hernandez-Ramirez, M. St. Luce, K. Liu, and H.W. Chau.
Soil and Tillage Research . 2023 December; 233, 10.1016/j.still.2023.105781
Thilakarathna, S.K., M. Konschuh, S.A. Woods, Hernandez-Ramirez, G.
Agronomy Journal. . 2023 December; 115 10.1002/agj2.21213
Pelster, D.E., A. Thiagarajan, B.C. Liang, M.H. Chantigny, C. Wagner-Riddle, K. Congreves, R. Lemke, A. Glenn, M. Tenuta, Hernandez-Ramirez, G., S. Bittman, D. Hunt, J. Owens, J.D. MacDonald.
Canadian Journal of Soil Science. . 2023 December; 103 10.1139/CJSS-2022-0101
Daly, E.J., K. Kim, Hernandez-Ramirez, G., and K. Klimchuk.
Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. . 2023 December; 343 10.1016/j.agee.2022.108265
Syazwan Sulaiman, Namasivayam Navaranjan, Guillermo Hernandez-Ramirez, Zohrah Sulaiman.
Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. . 2023 December; 186 10.1002/jpln.202200332
Lin, S., Hernandez-Ramirez, G., Kryzanowski, L., Lohstraeter, G., Wallace, T.
Nutr Cycl Agroecosyst . 2023 December; 126 10.1007/s10705-023-10277-x
Schulze, C., Oliver Sonnentag, Carolina Voigt, Lauren Thompson, Lona van Delden, Liam Heffernan, Guillermo Hernandez-Ramirez, McKenzie Kuhn, Sisi Lin and David Olefeldt.
Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences. . 2023 March; 128 10.1029/2022JG007322
Lee, A., Neuberger, P., Omokanye, A., Hernandez‑Ramirez, G., K. Kim, M.A. Gorzelak.
Sci Rep . 2023 March; 13 10.1038/s41598-022-22743-7
Kim, K., Daly, EJ, M. Gorzelak, Hernandez-Ramirez, G.
Soil and Tillage Research. 2022 December; 220
Kim, K., Daly, EJ, Flesch, T.K., Coates, T.W., Hernandez-Ramirez, G.
Agriculture and Forest Meteorology . 2022 December; 314
Lin, S, Hernandez-Ramirez, G.
Biogeochemistry. . 2022 December; 157
Daly, EJ, K Kim, Hernandez-Ramirez, G, T.K Flesch.
Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment . 2022 December; 326
Daly, EJ, Hernandez-Ramirez, G, D. Puurveen, C. Ducholke, K. Kim, L. Oatway.
Agronomy Journal . 2022 December; 114
Kim, K., P. Neuberger, Daly, EJ, M. Gorzelak, Hernandez-Ramirez, G.
Applied Soil Ecology. . 2022 December; 176
Roman-Perez C.C., Hernandez-Ramirez, G.
Canadian Journal of Soil Science. 2021 December;
Hernandez-Ramirez G., Sauer T.J., Yury G. Chendev, Alexander N. Gennadiev.
Soil. 2021 December; 7 10.5194/soil-7-415-2021
Lin, S., Mezbahuddin, S., Grant, R., Hernandez-Ramirez, G.
Science of the Total Environment. . 2021 December; 796,
Roman-Perez, C.C., Hernandez-Ramirez, G., Kryzanowski, L., Puurveen, D., Lohstraeter G.
Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment . 2021 December;
Coates, TW, Alam, M, Flesch, TK, Hernandez-Ramirez G.
Atmos. Meas. Tech., . 2021 December; 14
Omokanye, A., Hernandez-Ramirez, G., Lardner H.A., Al-Maqtari B, Gill KS and Lee A.
Journal of Applied Animal Research. . 2021 November; 49 10.1080/09712119.2021.1933990
Hernandez-Ramirez G*, Reiner Ruser, Dong-Gill Kim.
Soil & Tillage Research . 2021 January;
Thilakarathna, S.K., Hernandez-Ramirez, G.*
Soil Biol. Biochem. . 2021 January; 155
Lin, S., and G. Hernandez-Ramirez.
Canadian Journal of Soil Science, . 2021 January;
Agroforestry Practices for Soil Conservation and Resilient Agriculture.
T.J. Sauer*, C. Dold, A.J. Ashworth, C.C. Nieman, G. Hernandez-Ramirez, D. Philipp, A.N. Gennadiev, and Y.G. Chendev.
In: Ranjith Udawatta and Shibu Jose (eds.). Agroforestry and Ecosystem Services. Springer. 2021 January;
Kim, K, Daly E.J*, Hernandez-Ramirez, G.
Geoderma . 2021 January; 388
Omokanye A., Hernandez-Ramirez, G., Lardner H.A., Al-Maqtari B, Gill KS and Lee A.
Journal of Crop Improvement.. 2021 January;
Roman-Perez C.C., Hernandez-Ramirez, G*.
Journal of Environmental Quality . 2021 January; 50
Thilakarathna, S.K., Hernandez-Ramirez, G.*
Journal of Environmental Quality . 2021 January; 50
Water and nutrient retention in coarse-textured soil profiles from the Athabasca oil sand region
Rees F, Quideau S, Dyck M, Hernandez-Ramirez G, Yarmuch M
Applied Geochemistry. 2020 December; 114
Chai, LL, Hernandez-Ramirez G*, Hik DS, Barrio IC, Frost CM, Soto CC, Esquivel-Hernandez G
Geoderma. 2020 December; 362
Lin S, Hernandez Ramirez G, Kryzanowski L, Wallace T, Grant R, Degenhardt R, Berger N, Sprout C, Lohstraeter G, Powers L-A
Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J.. 2020 December; 81
Grant R.F., Lin S., Hernandez-Ramirez G.
Biogeosciences. 2020 December; 17
Brachmann C.; Hernandez-Ramirez G., Hik D
Biogeochemistry. DOI: 10.1007/s10533-019-00630-0. 2020 December; 147
Kiani M, Hernandez-Ramirez G., Quideau S.
CJSS-2019-0163. 2020 January;
Thilakarathna, S.K. Hernandez-Ramirez, G.*, Puurveen, D., Kryzanowski L, Lohstraeter G, Powers L-A, Quan, N., and Tenuta, M.
Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. . 2020 January; 84
Daly E.J*, and G. Hernandez-Ramirez
Soil Biol. Biochem. . 2020 January; 149
Omokanye, A., B. Al-Maqtari, H.A. Lardner, G. Hernandez-Ramirez, K.S. Gill, L. Sreekumar, A. Lee.
Crop, Forage & Turfgrass Management . 2020 January; 16843655
Chai L.L., Hernandez-Ramirez G., M. Dyck, D. Pauly, L. Kryzanowski, A. Middleton, L-A. Powers, G. Lohstraeter, and D. Werk.
Sci. Total Environ. . 2020 January; 745
Lin, S., and G. Hernandez-Ramirez
Sci. Total Environ. . 2020 January; 738
Soil structure dynamics in annual croplands under controlled traffic management
Guenette KG, Hernandez-Ramirez, G, Gamache P, Andreiuk R, Fausak L
Canadian J. of Soil Science. 2019 December; 99
Ralston A, Hernandez G, Dyck M, MacKenzie MD, and Quideau SA
First Monday. 2019 December; 24
Trabue S., Scoggin K, Tyndall J, Sauer TJ, Hernandez-Ramirez G., Pfeiffer R, Hatfield J
Journal of Environmental Management. 2019 May; 233
Li JC, Hernandez-Ramirez, G, Kiani, M, Quideau, S, Smith, E, Janzen, H, Larney, F, Puurveen, D
Canadian Journal of Soil Science. 2018 December; 98
Guenette KG, Hernandez-Ramirez, G
Agronomy. 2018 December; 8
Guenette KG, Hernandez-Ramirez, G
Geoderma. 2018 February; 328
Hebb C, Schoderbek D, Hernandez-Ramirez G, Hewins D, Carlyle CN, Bork E.
Agric. Ecosyst. Environ.. 2017 December; 240
Kiani M, Hernandez-Ramirez G, Quideau S, Smith E, Janzen H, Larney F, Puurveen D
Agric. Ecosyst. Environ.. 2017 December; 248
Hernandez-Ramirez G, Lawrence-Smith EJ, Sinton SM, Tabley F, Schwen A, Beare MH, Brown HE
Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J.. 2014 January; 78
Curtin D, Beare M, Scott C, Hernandez-Ramirez G and Meenken E.
Soil Science Society of America Journal.. 2014 January; 78
Kim DG, Giltrap D, Hernandez-Ramirez G.
Plant Soil. 2013 January; 373
Curtin D, Beare MH, Hernandez-Ramirez G
Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J.. 2012 January; 76
Sauer, T.J., D.E. James, C.A. Cambardella, G. Hernandez-Ramirez
Plant Soil. 2012 January;
Hernandez-Ramirez, G., S.L. Trabue, T.J. Sauer, R.L. Pfeiffer, J.C. Tyndall
Agric. Ecosyst. Environ.. 2012 January; 149
Kim, D-G., G. Hernandez-Ramirez, and D. Giltrap
Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 2012 January;
Hernandez-Ramirez, G., S.M. Brouder, D.R. Smith, and G.E. Van Scoyoc
Europ. J. Agronomy. 2011 January; 34
Hernandez-Ramirez, G., J.L. Hatfield, T.B. Parkin, T.J. Sauer and J.H. Prueger
Agric. Forest. Meteor. 2011 January; 151
Hernandez-Ramirez, G., T.J. Sauer, C.A. Cambardella, J.R. Brandle, and D.E. James
Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J.. 2011 January; 75
Schwen, A., G. Hernandez-Ramirez, E.J. Lawrence-Smith, S.M. Sinton, S. Carrick, B.E. Clothier, G.D. Buchan, and W. Loiskandl.
Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J.. 2011 January; 75
Hernandez-Ramirez, G., T.J. Sauer, J.L. Hatfield, and J.H. Prueger
Theor. Appl. Climatol.. 2011 January; 105
Hernandez-Ramirez, G., S.M. Brouder, M.D. Ruark, and R.F. Turco
J. Environ. Qual.. 2011 January; 40
Smith, D.R., G. Hernandez-Ramirez, S.D. Shalamar, D.L. Bucholtz, and D.E. Stott
Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J.. 2011 January; 75
Hernandez-Ramirez, G., J.L. Hatfield, J.H. Prueger, and T.J. Sauer.
Theor. Appl. Climatol.. 2010 January; 100
Singer, J.W., J.L. Heitman, G. Hernandez-Ramirez, T.J. Sauer, J.H. Prueger, and J.L. Hatfield
Agricultural Water Management. 2010 January; 98
Hernandez-Ramirez, G., S.M. Brouder, D.R. Smith, and G.E. Van Scoyoc.
J. Environ. Qual.. 2009 January; 38
Hernandez-Ramirez, G., S.M. Brouder, D.R. Smith, G.E. Van Scoyoc, and G. Michalski.
Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J.. 2009 January; 73
Hernandez-Ramirez, G., S.M. Brouder, D.R. Smith, and G.E. Van Scoyoc
Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J.. 2009 January; 73
Logsdon, S.D., G. Hernandez-Ramirez, J.L. Hatfield, T.J. Sauer, J.H. Prueger, and K.E. Schilling
Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J.. 2009 January; 73
Sauer, T.J., S.R. Compston, C.P. West, G. Hernandez-Ramirez, E.E. Gbur, and T.B. Parkin
Soil Biol. Biochem.. 2009 January; 41