Rate My Professor Soumaya Belmecheri

Belmecheri's research focuses on stable isotope geochemistry in tree-rings to reconstruct paleoclimate variability, carbon cycle processes, and ecophysiological responses. Her publications include the highly cited "Multi-century evaluation of Sierra Nevada snowpack" (Nature Climate Change, 2016), revealing the lowest snowpack in 500 years; "Disentangling the role of photosynthesis and stomatal conductance on rising forest water-use efficiency" (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2019); "Integrating the evidence for a terrestrial carbon sink caused by increasing atmospheric CO2" (New Phytologist, 2021); "Cross-biome synthesis of source versus sink limits to tree growth" (Science, 2022); "Recent increases in drought frequency cause observed multi-year drought legacies in the tree rings of semi-arid forests" (Oecologia, 2020); and "Latitudinal gradients in tree ring stable carbon and oxygen isotopes reveal differential climate influences of the North American Monsoon System" (Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 2016). With over 3,159 citations on Google Scholar, her work advances understanding of climate impacts on forests and water resources. She received the inaugural Tree-Ring Society Florence Hawley Ellis Diversity Award and has delivered colloquia at the School of Geography, Development & Environment.