Publications

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2026

  1. Nitrogen availability decouples soil pore size-defined microhabitat control of microbial carbon use efficiency Dor, M., Guber, A.K., Tiemann, L., Kuzyakov, Y., Kravchenko, A.N. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 221, 110249 · doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2026.110249
  2. Global hotspots of particulate organic carbon losses under climate change Sun, S., Cotrufo, M.F., Viscarra Rossel, R.A. … Dor, M. … Chen, J. Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-026-71321-2
  3. Integrated and managed grasses shape soil pore networks and carbon processes in tropical agroecosystems: Insights from synchrotron X-ray tomography Bordonal, R.O., Dor, M., Guber, A.K., Cherubin, M.R., Nascimento, A.F., Tenelli, S., La Scala, N., Cerri, C.E.P., Carvalho, J.L.N., Kravchenko, A.N. Journal of Environmental Management, 397, 128323 · doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.128323

2025

  1. Miscanthus × giganteus increases soil maximum water holding capacity compared to maize Nelson, J.T., Dor, M., Studt, J., Carmenate Schrock, P.K., VanLoocke, A.D., McDaniel, M.D. Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment, 8(3), e70181 · doi:10.1002/agg2.70181
  2. Soil pore-size distributions and selected biochemical properties in short-grass steppe under long-term drought Thotakuri, G., Dor, M., Smith, M.D., Guber, A.K., Kravchenko, A.N. Journal of Environmental Management, 391, 126557 · doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126557
  3. Long-term land use conversion influence on soil pore structure and organic carbon Dor, M., Fan, L., Zamanian, K., Kravchenko, A.N. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 387, 109633 · doi:10.1016/j.agee.2025.109633
  4. Contrasting land-uses affect chemical composition of organic matter in tropical soils: A case study via osmium staining and infrared spectroscopy Dor, M., De Oliveira Bordonal, R., Guber, A.K., Rivers, M.L., Kravchenko, A.N. Journal of Environmental Management, 388, 126067 · doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126067
  5. Suppression of hydrolytic enzyme activities by short-term aeration of periodically anoxic soils: Evidence from upland ecosystems Wang, C., Dor, M., Kravchenko, A.N., Guber, A., Dorodnikov, M. Geoderma, 457, 117278 · doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2025.117278
  6. Micro-scale mapping of soil organic carbon using soft X-ray spectromicroscopy Dor, M., Regier, T., Arthur, T., Guber, A., Kravchenko, A.N. Environmental Chemistry Letters · doi:10.1007/s10311-024-01817-0

2023

  1. Upcycling of polyvinyl chloride to hydrocarbon waxes via dechlorination and catalytic hydrogenation Svadlenak, S., Wojcik, S., Ogunlalu, O., Vu, M., Dor, M., Boudouris, B.W., Wildenschild, D., Goulas, K.A. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 338, 123065 · doi:10.1016/j.apcatb.2023.123065
  2. Organic carbon enables the biotic engineering of beneficial soil structure in Profundihumic and Haplic Ferralsols Martinez, P., Lybrand, R.A., McFarlane, K.J., Dor, M., Gallo, A.C., Mayedo, A., Marini, F., Vidal-Torrado, P., Kleber, M. European Journal of Soil Science, 74(5) · doi:10.1111/ejss.13415
  3. High-efficiency X-ray sensing with recyclable perovskite–graphene heterostructured transistors Shirley, K., Tsai, H., Cucciniello, N., Bird, J., Jia, Q., Torres, E., Butler, P., Butler, A., Crocco, J., Taha, E., Alhawsawi, A., Germino, J., Dor, M., Dun, C., Firat, O., Parker, J., Graham, M., Novoselov, K.S., Nie, W. ACS Energy Letters, 8, 3161–3170 · doi:10.1021/acsenergylett.3c00787

2022

  1. Modified compositions of micelle–clay and liposome–clay composites for optimal removal from water of bacteria and hydrophobic neutral chemicals Benitez, A.R., Margalit, D., Ryskin, M., Dor, M., Shauli, U., Nir, S., Polubesova, T., Ben-Ari, J., Kertsnus-Banchik, J., Undabeytia, T. Applied Sciences, 12(6), 3044 · doi:10.3390/app12063044
  2. Soil priorities in Israel Itkin, D., Bar-Tal, A., Crouvi, O., Dor, M., Erel, R., Eshel, G., Gross, A., Levy, G.J., Minz, D., Rozenstein, O., Yalin, D. Geoderma Regional, 29 · doi:10.1016/j.geodrs.2022.e00505

2021

  1. Diverse effects of wetting and drying cycles on soil aggregation: Implications on pesticide leaching Hochman, D.*, Dor, M.*, Mishael, Y. (*equal contribution) Chemosphere, 263, 127910 · doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127910

2020

  1. Scale dependence of textural alignment in shales quantified using electron microscopy Kaduri, M., Dor, M., Day-Stirrat, R.J., Emmanuel, S. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 122, 104707 · doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2020.104707
  2. Assembly of clay mineral platelets, tactoids, and aggregates: Effect of mineral structure and solution salinity Dor, M., Levi-Kalisman, Y., Day-Stirrat, R.J., Mishael, Y., Emmanuel, S. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 566, 163–170 · doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2020.01.084

2019

  1. Microstructural changes in soils induced by wetting and drying: Effects on atrazine mobility Dor, M., Emmanuel, S., Brumfeld, V., Levy, G.J., Mishael, Y.G. Land Degradation & Development, 30(7), 746–755 · doi:10.1002/ldr.3256