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Last published 2026
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Gerardo Celis

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High Impact

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Also affiliated: University of Alaska Fairbanks (2021); Northern Arizona University (2015–2023); University of Florida (2010–2022); Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (2021); Stanford University (2021)

28 h-index 104 pubs 3,232 cited

  • Tundra
  • Soil
  • Permafrost
  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Carbon Cycle
  • Climate Change
  • Carbon
  • Alaska
  • Biomass
  • Plant Physiological Phenomena
  • Seasons
  • Ecosystem
  • Animals
  • Transportation
  • Panthera

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Gerardo Celis's research focuses on the carbon cycle and greenhouse gas fluxes within permafrost and tundra ecosystems. His work investigates the release of carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) from thawing permafrost soils, particularly examining the influence of factors such as soil moisture, nitrogen availability, and seasonal variations.

His publications include studies on large winter CO2 losses in the northern permafrost region and direct observations of permafrost degradation leading to rapid soil carbon loss. Celis also contributes to the statistical upscaling of ecosystem CO2 fluxes across tundra and boreal domains, aiming to understand regional patterns and uncertainties. His research extends to methane flux analysis from freshwater wetlands, employing machine learning models for gap-filling and uncertainty assessment.

Celis has a distinguished publication record with 107 total publications and 3,227 citations, reflected in his h-index of 28 and designation as a highly cited researcher. He collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Peter S. Ungar and Benjamin R. K. Runkle.

Metrics

  • h-index: 28
  • Publications: 104
  • Citations: 3,232

Positions

  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow 2022–present
    University of Arkansas Anthropology ORCID
  • Lecturer 2019–2022
    Univerisity of Florida Agronomy ORCID
  • Northern Arizona University 2015–2019
    Biological Science ORCID

Selected Publications

  • From Model to Practice: Testing Near‐Infrared Spectroscopy as a Bone Collagen Prescreening Tool (2026)
    Archaeometry DOI OpenAlex
  • Near-infrared spectroscopy predictions of forage nitrogen, crude protein, and fiber for plant, lichen, and moss specimens across land-cover types in the Sattasniemi reindeer herding district, northern Finland, summer 2025 (2026)
    UC Santa Barbara DOI OpenAlex
  • Dental microwear textures of reindeer from northern herding districts in Finnish Lapland (2026)
    Annales Zoologici Fennici DOI OpenAlex
  • Land cover, plant functional type, and forage quality in the reindeer herding district of Sattasniemi, Finland (2026)
    Research Square DOI OpenAlex
  • Dental microwear textures of reindeer data from northern herding districts in Finnish Lapland, 1993-1994. (2025)
    UC Santa Barbara 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Carbon and methane fluxes from typical pasture-based beef cattle production systems in the Southeastern USA (2025)
    The Science of The Total Environment DOI OpenAlex
  • Forbs in Viking lands: the effect of disturbing dominant graminoids on recruitment in tundra grasslands (2025)
    Oikos DOI OpenAlex
  • Refining Near-Infrared Spectroscopy for Collagen Quantification: A New Predictive Model for Archaeological Bone (2025)
    SSRN Electronic Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • Small rodent disturbance impact on Arctic graminoid forage quality (2025)
    Polar Biology DOI OpenAlex
  • ARGO: ARctic greenhouse Gas Observation metadata version 1 (2025)
    Earth system science data 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Forbs in Viking lands: The effect of disturbing dominant graminoids on forb recruitment in tundra grasslands (2024)
    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) DOI OpenAlex
  • ARGO: ARctic greenhouse Gas Observation metadata version 1 (2024)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Small rodent disturbance impact on Arctic graminoid forage quality. (2024)
    Research Square DOI OpenAlex
  • Decadal increases in carbon uptake offset by respiratory losses across northern permafrost ecosystems (2024)
    Nature Climate Change 58 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Phylogeography of apomictic and outcrossing individuals in invasive and native populations of Ardisia crenata (Primulaceae) (2024)
    Plant Species Biology 2 citations DOI OpenAlex

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