Ph.D. Forest Ecology. ESPM, University of California at Berkeley, 2014
M.S. Forest Ecology. ESPM, University of California at Berkeley, 2007
B.S. Resource Management. ESPM, University of California at Berkeley, 2004
Research Interests / Specializations:
Dendroecology, forest biomass, tree demography, forest community ecology, tree neighborhood dynamics, competition, urban ecology
Selected Publications
Pietrzykowski, M., J. Socha, N.S. van Doorn. 2014. Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) site index in relation to physico-chemical and biological properties in reclaimed mine soils. New Forests. (DOI) 10.1007/s11056-014-9459-z
Pietrzykowski, M., J. Socha, N.S. van Doorn. 2013. Linking heavy metal bioavailability (Cd, Cu, Zn and Pb) in Scots pine needles to soil properties in reclaimed mine areas. Science of the Total Environment 470: 501-510.
van Doorn, N.S., J.J. Battles, T.G. Siccama, P. Schwarz, T.J. Fahey. 2011. Links between biomass and tree demography in a northern hardwood forest: A decade of stability and change in Hubbard Brook Valley, New Hampshire. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 41: 1369-1379.
Solomonoff, N. 2007. Forest biomass and tree demography in a northern hardwood forest: A decade of stability and change in Hubbard Brook Valley. Master's Thesis, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California at Berkeley.
Fonti, P., Solomonoff, N.; García-González, I. 2007. Earlywood vessels size of Castanea sativa records temperature before their formation. New Phytologist 173: 562-570.
Solomonoff, N. 2005. Creation and evaluation of a master chronology for Abies concolor in Sequoia National Park. Berkeley Scientific Journal. Volume 9, Issue 1: 39-42 (Spring 2005).
Honors and Awards
Graduate Division Summer Grant (Summer 2014)
Baker-Bidwell Forestry Endowment Fund (Fall 2011)
Edward A. Colman Fellowship in Watershed Management (Spring 2009)
Carolyn Meek Memorial Scholarship (Fall 2008)
Show/Kotok Memorial Fund for academic excellence (May 2004)
Recent Teaching:
ES 100: Methods in Environmental Science (UC Berkeley; Spring 2013)