Curriculum vitae, July Shai Sela, PhD

Curriculum vitae, July 2016 Shai Sela, PhD Soil and Crop Science section, School of integrative plant sciences 1007 Bradfield hall, Cornell Universit...
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Curriculum vitae, July 2016

Shai Sela, PhD Soil and Crop Science section, School of integrative plant sciences 1007 Bradfield hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 85153, USA. Email: [email protected] Website: http://adapt-n.cals.cornell.edu/people/shai-sela.html Google Scholar profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=UdtC-uYAAAAJ _____________________________________________________________________ Research interests Soil physics, biogeochemical modelling, spatial soil-plant interactions, hydrological modeling, nitrogen management models, application of precision agriculture in sustainability analysis, eco-hydrology. Education 2015 – Ph.D. Geography and Environmental Development, Ben-Gurion University, Israel. Under the supervision of Prof. Tal Svoray (B.G.U) and Dr. Shmuel Assouline (Volcani center, ARO). 2010- M.A (cum laude). Dept. of Geography and Environmental Development, Ben-Gurion University, Israel (Major – Geo Information Technologies). Under the supervision of Prof. Tal Svoray (B.G.U) and Dr. Shmuel Assouline (Volcani center, ARO). 2007 – B.Sc. Dept. Of Geology and Environmental Science, Ben-Gurion University, Israel (Major: Hydrogeology) Professional appointments 2015 – Postdoctoral associate at the Department of Crop and Soil sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA. Research Topic – Increasing the sustainability of maize crops using The Adapt-N nitrogen management tool. Under the supervision of Prof. Harold van-Es. Publications Refereed Journal Articles 1. Chen, L., S. Sela, T. Svoray, and S. Assouline (2016), Scale dependence of Hortonian rainfall-runoff processes in a semiarid environment, Water Resour. Res., 52, doi:10.1002/ 2015WR018315. 2. Sela. S, H.M. van Es, B.N. Moebius-Clune, R. Marjerison, J.J. Melkonian, D. MoebiusClune, R. Schindelbeck, and S. Gomes (2016), Adapt-N Outperforms Grower-Selected Nitrogen Rates in Northeast and Midwest USA Strip Trials. Agron. J., 108: 1-9, doi: 10.2134/agronj2015.0606.

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3. Assouline, S., S. Thompson, L. Chen, T. Svoray, S. Sela, and G. Katul (2015), The dual role of soil crusts in desertification, J. Geophys. Res. Biogeosci., 120 This paper was chosen to appear in AGU research spotlight: Strelich, L. (2016), Soil crusts play a dual role in desertification, Eos, 97. 4. Sela, S., T. Svoray, and S. Assouline (2015), The effect of soil surface sealing on vegetation water uptake along a dry climatic gradient, Water Resour. Res., 51, doi: 10.1002/ 2015WR017109. 5. Cohen, S., G. Wilgoose., T. Svoray., G. Hancock and S. Sela (2015), The effects of sediment-transport, weathering and aeolian mechanisms on soil evolution, J. Geophys. Res. Earth Surf., 120, 260-274. 6. Sela, S., T. Svoray, and S. Assouline (2014), Soil Surface Sealing Effect on Soil Moisture at a Semiarid Hillslope: Implications for Remote Sensing Estimation. Remote Sens., 6, 74697490. 7. Sela, S., T. Svoray, and S. Assouline (2014), Temporal variability of soil water content in a semiarid hillslope across time scales: Effect of soil surface condition, J. Arid Environ., 112, 64-74. doi:10.1016/j.jaridenv.2014.05.015. 8. Yizhaq, H., S. Sela, T. Svoray, S. Assouline, and G. Bel (2014), Effects of heterogeneous soil-water diffusivity on vegetation pattern formation, Water Resour. Res., 50, 5743–5758, doi:10.1002/2014WR015362. 9. Chen, L., S. Sela, T. Svoray, and S. Assouline (2013), The role of soil-surface sealing, microtopography, and vegetation patches in rainfall-runoff processes in semiarid areas, Water Resour. Res., 49(9), 5585-5599, doi: 10.1002/wrcr.20360. 10. Sela, S., T. Svoray, and S. Assouline (2012), Soil water content variability at the hillslope scale: Impact of surface sealing, Water Resour. Res., 48, W03522, doi: 10.1029/2011WR011297. Manuscripts under review Cohen S., Svoray T., Sela S., Hancock G., and Willgoose G., Soilscape evolution of aeoliandominated hillslopes during the Holocene: investigation of sediment transport mechanisms and climatic-anthropogenic drivers. Earth Surface Dynamics. Marjerison, R.D., J. Melkonian, J.L. Hutson, H.M. van Es, S. Sela, L.D. Geohring, J. Vetsch. Drainage and nitrate leaching from artificially drained maize fields simulated by the Precision Nitrogen Management model. Journal of Environmental Quality. S. Sela, H.M. van Es, B.N. Moebius-Clune, R. Marjerison, D. Moebius-Clune, R. Schindelbeck, K. Severson, E. Young, Dynamic model improves agronomic and environmental outcomes for Corn N management over static approach. Journal of Environmental Quality.

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Conference proceedings and other publications Sela, S., van Es, H., Mclellan, E., Marjerison, R., Melkonian, J., and Constas, K. (2016). Using the Adapt-N model to inform policies promoting the sustainability of US maize production. In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Precision Agriculture (unpaginated, online). Monticello, IL: International Society of Precision Agriculture. van Es, H., Sela, S., Marjerison, R., Melkonian, J. (2016). Comparing Adapt-N to static N recommendation approaches for US maize production. In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Precision Agriculture (unpaginated, online). Monticello, IL: International Society of Precision Agriculture. Sela, S. (2016), Precision agriculture, in Ayalon et al. (ed.), a position paper on the barriers for promoting AgTech in Israel, Samuel Neaman Institute, Technion, Israel (in Hebrew). Awards and Honors 2014 – Krietman foundation short term postdoc scholarship (Ben-Gurion University, Israel) 2008 – Interdisciplinary Research Fund scholarship (Ben-Gurion University, Israel) Departmental seminars and presentations

1. Adapt-N: Addressing nitrogen fertilizer concerns using model-based precision nutrient management and cloud computing technologies. Biogeochemistry, Environmental Sciences and Sustainability (BESS) program, Cornell University, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. February 5th, 2016. 2. The eco-hydrological role of surface sealing in dry climates. Soil and water lab seminar, Department of Biological & Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. September 21st, 2015. 3. Surface sealing effect on dry-land eco hydrology: new insights from field experiments and long-term numerical simulations. Soil and Crop section seminar, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. September 3rd, 2015. 4. Rainfall-Runoff-Vegetation relations in semiarid climates: New insights from a high resolution physically based runoff model. Physical seminar series, Geography and Environmental Development department, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel. March 25th, 2014. 5. Spatiotemporal analysis of physical surface sealing effect on evaporation fluxes. Department seminar, Geography and Environmental Development department, BenGurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel. June 9th, 2013.

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Selected conference presentations as leading author or co-author in the last 3 years (out of 33 presentations, oral marked O, poster marked P). Future dates refer to submitted abstracts. Sela, S., Marjerison, R., van-Es, H., McLellan, E., Cassman, K., Woodbury, P., and Tonitto, C. Nitrogen surplus and nitrogen losses in US corn production: model simulations and management implications. ASA, CSSA and SSSA annual meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, US. November 6-9, 2016 Sela, S., Marjerison, R., van-Es, H., McLellan, E., The relative importance of fertilizer timing vs. form in controlling environmental N losses in US corn production. ASA, CSSA and SSSA annual meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, US. November 6-9, 2016 Sela, S., Svoray, T., Assouline, S. The Eco-Hydrological Role of Physical Surface Sealing in Dry Environments, ASA, CSSA and SSSA annual meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, US. November 6-9, 2016 O

Sela, S., van-Es, H., McLellan, E., Marjerison, R., Melkonian, J. Using the Adapt-N model to inform policies promoting the sustainability of US maize production. 13th international conference on Precision Agriculture, Union Station, St. Louis, Missouri, US. July 31 – August 3, 2016. P

Sela, S., McLellan, E., van-Es, H., Marjerison, R., Improving Nutrient Use Efficiency and Reducing Environmental Losses of Nitrogen: Insights from a Process-Based Model and OnFarm Trials. 19th International Nitrogen workshop - Efficient use of different sources of nitrogen in agriculture – from theory to practice, Skara, Sweden, 27-29 June, 2016. O

Sela, S., van-Es, H., McLellan, E., Marjerison, R., Melkonian, J. Surplus N in US maize production: Informing data-driven policies using the Adapt-N model. European Geoscience Union meeting, Vienna, Austria, 17-22 April, 2016. P

Chen, Li., Sela, S., Svoray, T., Influences of vegetation and rainfall patterns on scaling in Hortonian rainfall-runoff processes. American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, US. December 14-18, 2015. P

Sela, S., van-Es, H., Margerison, R., S., Melkonian, J. Adapt-N Maize nitrogen management tool: Lessons learned from long-term field trials in Iowa and New York, ASA, CSSA and SSSA annual meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, US. November 15-18, 2015. O

Sela, S., van-Es, H., Margerison, R., Melkonian, J. In search of the EONR: A comparison between a static and adaptive N management approaches using extensive multi-rate field trials, ASA, CSSA and SSSA annual meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, US. November 1518, 2015. O

Sela, S., van-Es, H., Margerison, R., Melkonian, J. Employing cloud computing technologies and precision nitrogen management as a tool to sustainable agriculture intensification, 2nd International Conference on global food security, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US. October 11-14, 2015.

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Sela, S., Svoray, T., Assouline, S. Eco-hydrological feedbacks between surface sealing and woody vegetation in dry climates, American Geophysical Union fall meeting, San Francisco, California, US. December 9-13, 2013. P

Chen, Li., Sela, S., Svoray, T., Assouline, S. Scaling effect of hydrological responses in vegetated semi-arid areas with surface sealing, American Geophysical Union fall meeting, San Francisco, California, US. December 9-13, 2013. O

Sela, S., Svoray, T., Assouline, S. Eco hydrological feedbacks between surface sealing and woody vegetation in dry climates. Eco-hydrology of semiarid environments: Confronting mathematical models with ecosystem complexity, International research workshop of the Israel Science Foundation held at Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel, May 19-22, 2013. Reviewer for journals Water Resources Research; Advances in Water resources; Soil Science Society of America Journal; Water. Research experience 2011 - Remote sensing analysis of the relation between vegetation functional groups and NDVI values in the Hermon mountain basin, northern Israel (a project for the Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Institute) Teaching experience Ben-Gurion University, Department of Geography and Environmental Development, Israel  

Introduction to GIS, Teacher assistant (years 2008; 2009) Advanced GIS lab, Teacher assistant (years 2010; 2011)

Achva College, Department of Geography, Israel 

Introduction to GIS, Teacher assistant (years 2010; 2011; 2012; 2013)

Related professional skills Extensive knowledge of the ArcGis package (including ArcGis modeler), Erdas Imagine (including Model builder), Hydrus 1D/2D. Familiarity with MATLAB and R computing languages.

Professional Memberships/Affiliations International Society of Precision Agriculture, American Geoscience Union, Soil Science Society of America, Israel Society of Soil Science, American Society of Agronomy.

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