Yasha Magarik

2024 – Present: PhD candidate, Chair of Silviculture, University of Freiburg
2023 – 2024: Curriculum developer, Yale Hixon Center for Urban Ecology
2020 – 2023: Urban forester / municipal arborist, Washington, DC Department of Transportation, Urban Forestry Division
2018 – 2020: Prince George’s County Right Tree, Right Place Program Coordinator, Neighborhood Design Center
2016 – 2018: Master of Forestry, Yale School of the Environment
- 2018: Summer forester apprentice, Yale School Forests
- 2016 – 2018: Street tree planting and pruning crews, New Haven Urban Resources Initiative
2015 – 2016: Farm arborist, Coastal Roots Farm
- 2015: Post-baccalaureate coursework, MiraCosta College & Virtual Design & Construction Institute
2013 – 2014: Food systems fellow, Leichtag Foundation / Community Health Improvement Partners
2012 – 2013: Community intern, Woolman Semester School
2008 – 2012: Bachelor of Arts, Yale College
- 2010 – 2012: Farm summer apprentice & student farm manager, Yale School Farm
- 2011: Archaeological field school & assistant, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
- 2010 – 2011: Editorial assistant, Yale Review
- 2009: Research assistant, UJA-Federation
2008: Research assistant, Samuel Bronfman Foundation

I currently research the growth response of urban trees to climate change, through the BMFTR (REGULUS)-funded URBORETUM research cluster: https://www.urboretum.de/.

More broadly, I am most fascinated by the quantitative measurement and modeling of the growth and mortality of urban trees. I thereby aim to help cities manage their urban forests for the long-term benefit, health and well-being of their people.

No publications found at the moment…

Magarik, Y.A.S.; Roman, L.A.; Henning, J.G. (2020): How should we measure the DBH of multi-stemmed urban trees?, Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 47:126481. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2019.126481.
Y.A.S. (2021): “Roughly Speaking”: Why Do U.S. Foresters Measure DBH at 4.5 Feet?, Society & Natural Resources 34(6): 725-744. https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2021.1891593.