Nic Jelinski

Assistant Professor

558 Borlaug Hall
1991 Upper Buford Circle
St. Paul, MN 55108
jeli0026@umn.edu
+1 612 626 9936

Website(s)

Jelinski Pedology Group Website
Soil Judging Team Blog
TEDxUMN Talk: How Soil Unites Us

Education

B.S. 2004 University of Wisconsin - Madison Biology
M.S. 2007 University of Wisconsin - Madison Land Resources - Soils
Ph.D. 2014 University of Minnesota Land and Atmospheric Science - Soils

Affiliated Graduate Programs

Land and Atmospheric Science
Nic Jelinski

People

Research Area(s)

Pedology

Research

Pedology, variation of soil properties at multiple spatial scales, and the use of isotopic tracers in studies of soil genesis. Innovative approaches to teaching soil science in classroom and field environments.

Teaching

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

Select Publications

  • Sousa, M.J., Jelinski, N.A., Windmuller-Campione, M., Williams, A., GreyBear, E., Finnesand, K., Zachman, V. In Press. Long-term recovery of organic layer thickness but not soil carbon stocks and permafrost depth following fire in black spruce forests of the Copper River Basin, Alaska. Canadian Journal of Forest Research.
  • 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. PDF iconjelinski_soil_horizons_2013.pdf
  • 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