Yocelyn is a Postdoctoral researcher in the Silver lab. Her research interests include: sustainable management practices in agroecosystems, soil nutrient cycling, and carbon sequestration. Currently, her research focuses on understanding the mechanisms of soil nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide, and methane following the application of composts in California rangelands. She is currently conducting laboratory incubations with varying compost and soil types in order to investigate the controls on greenhouse gas emissions. This data will be used to help parametrize and improve the accuracy of the DayCent biogeochemical model.

She received her B.S. in Environmental Science from the University of California, Riverside in 2014. She completed her Ph.D. from the University of California, Merced in 2021. Her dissertation focused on the effects of organic matter amendments in California agroecosystems. One of her projects consisted of assessing the soil health and quality of almond orchard soils in the Central Valley. The second project focused on how long-term application of biosolids in agricultural soils influences carbon content, specifically focusing on the importance of accounting for deep soil carbon in order to determine a soils climate change mitigation potential.