Nic Jelinski

Associate Professor
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612-626-9936
558 Borlaug Hall
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Education
  • BS, University of Wisconsin - Madison - 2004
  • MS, University of Wisconsin - Madison - 2007
  • PhD, University of Minnesota - 2014

Areas of Interest

Pedology, Soil Management 

Teaching

  • SOIL 2125 Basic Soil Science
  • SOIL 4511 Field Study of Soils
  • SOIL 3521 Soil Judging
  • ESPM 4096 Field Experience and Internships

Research

As pedologists (pedology: the study of the formation, characteristics and distribution of soils), we study how soils form, why they look the way they do, and how their properties are distributed spatially and with depth. Our research is focused on understanding and quantifying soil variability, the relationships between soils and landscapes, and the responses of soils to land management strategies and environmental change.

Select Publications

  • Jelinski, N.A., Ping, C.-L., and Tedrow, J.C.F. In Press. Cold Region Soils: Part II - Genesis and Classification. Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment, 2nd Ed.
  • Jelinski, N.A. and Ping, C.-L. In Press. Cold Region Soils: Part I - Distribution, Properties and Processes. Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment, 2nd Ed.
  • Sousa, M. J., Jelinski, N. A., Windmuller-Campione, M. A., Williams, A. K., GreyBear, E., Finnesand, K., & Zachman, V. 2021. Long-term recovery of soil carbon stocks and permafrost depth lags recovery of organic layer thickness following fire in black spruce forests of the Copper River Basin, Alaska. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 51(3), 408-419. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2020-0194 
  • Jelinski, NA, Perrone, SV, Blair, HK, Fabian, ML. 2020. Growing hearts and minds: Linking landscapes and lifescapes in a soils field course. Nat Sci Educ. 2020; 49:e20018. https://doi.org/10.1002/nse2.20018
  • Jelinski, N.A., M.J. Sousa, A. Williams, E. GreyBear, K. Finnesand, D. Mulligan, C. Cole, M.D. Stillinger, J.M. Feinberg. 2019. Cryoturbation and carbon stocks in Gelisols under late-successional black spruce forests of the Copper River Basin, AK. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 83: 1760-1778. http://doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2019.07.0212
  • Jelinski, N.A., B. Campforts, J.K. Willenbring, T.E. Schumacher, D.A. Lobb, S.K. Papiernik, B. Campforts, and K. Yoo. 2019. Meteoric Beryllium-10 as a tracer of erosion due to post-settlement land-use in west-central Minnesota. JGR-Earth Surface 124(4):874-901. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JF004720
  • Jelinski, N.A., C.J. Moorberg, M.D. Ransom, J.C. Bell. 2019. A Survey of Introductory Soil Science Courses and Curricula in the United States. Natural Sciences Education. Natural Sciences Education 48:180019. doi:10.4195/nse2018.11.0019
  • Massawe, B.H.J., L. Winowiecki, Meliyo, J.L., Mbogoni, J.D.J., Msanya, B., Kimaro, D., Deckers, J., Gulinck, H., Lyamchai, C., Sayula, G., Msoka, E., Vagen, T.-G., Brush, G., Jelinski, N.A. 2017. Assessing Drivers of Soil Properties and Classification in the West Usambara Mountains, Tanzania. Geoderma Regional. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geodrs.2017.10.002
  • Jelinski, N.A., K. Yoo, and J. Klaminder. 2017. Utilizing a Suite of Isotopic and Elemental Tracers to Constrain Cryoturbation Rates and Patterns in a Non-Sorted Circle. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 28:634-648. DOI: 10.1002/ppp.1944
  • Jelinski, N.A., Broz, K., Jonkers, W., Ma, L.-J., Kistler, H.C.K. 2017. Effector Gene Suites in Some Soil Isolates of Fusarium oxysporum Are not Sufficient Predictors of Vascular Wilt in Tomato. Phytopathology 107(7): 842-851.
  • Jelinski, N.A. and K. Yoo. 2016. Soil mantled hillslopes: intersections of geomorphology, soil science, and ecology. Chapter 6, pp. 180-214 In: Ecosystems: A Biogeoscience Approach (E.A. Johnson, Ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  • Jelinski, N.A. and K. Yoo. 2016. The distribution and genesis of eroded phase soils in the conterminous United States. Geoderma. 279:149-164.
  • Leigh Winowiecki, Tor-Gunnar Vågen, Boniface Massawe, Nicolas A. Jelinski, Charles Lyamchai, George Sayula, Elizabeth Msoka. 2015. Landscape-scale variability of soil health indicators: effects of cultivation on soil organic carbon in the Usambara Mountains of Tanzania. Nutirent Cycling in Agroecosystems. 105:263-274. DOI:10.1007/s10705-015-9750-1.
  • Nater, E.A., and N.A. Jelinski. 2014. Temperate Region Soils. In: S.A. Elias (Ed.). Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. Elsevier.
  • Jelinski, N.A. 2013. Cryoturbation in the Central Brooks Range, Alaska. Soil Horizons 54(5): 01-007. DOI: 10.2136/sh13-01-0006
  • Jelinski, N.A. and C.J. Kucharik. 2009. Land-use Effects on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen on a U.S. Midwestern Floodplain. Soil Science Society of America Journal 73:217-225.
  • Steller, R.M., N.A. Jelinski, and C. J. Kucharik. 2008. Developing models to predict soil bulk density in southern Wisconsin using soil chemical properties. Electronic Journal of Integrative Biosciences 6(1):53-63

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