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Agricultural & Resource Economics
Name Area of Expertise
BLANK,STEVEN C.
530 752 0823
sblank@primal.ucdavis.edu


Financial management, risk and decision-making, risk management tools, management methods

BUTLER,LESLIE J
530 752 3681
ljbutler@ucdavis.edu


Dairy production, marketing and policy, agricultural and natural resource policy, biotechnology, technological change, public policy issues
COOK,ROBERTA L
530 752 1531
cook@primal.ucdavis.edu


Fruit and Vegetable Marketing, Food Distribution, International Competition and Trade, Mexican Horticultural Industry, Food safety
HARDESTY,SHERMAIN DEUS
530 752 0467
shermain@primal.ucdavis.edu


Cooperative Theory, Management and Finance, and Food Marketing and Policy
KLONSKY,KAREN M
530 752 3563
klonsky@primal.ucdavis.edu


Farm management and Production, Sustainable Agriculture and Organic Agriculture

 

 

Animal Science

Name Area of Expertise
BERRY,STEVEN L
530 752 1279
slberry@ucdavis.edu

Dairy management and health; records analysis; interrelationships of disease, management, and economics; hoof health and lameness in dairy cattle; infectious and non-infectious diseases; management factors; cow comfort, periparturitent diseases and their relationship to productivity and culling.

BRADLEY,FRANCINE A
530 752 6316


Efficiency of California poultry and game bird producers, both commercial and non-commercial; management, biosecurity fertility and hatchability, niche marketing; youth programs; history of women in poultry production.

CONTE,FRED S
530 752 7689
fsconte@ucdavis.edu


Research interests: Software simulation for shellfish sanitation, information transfer and commercial sturgeon production.
MEYER,DEANNE
530 752 9391
dmeyer@ucdavis.edu


Animal waste management.
MITLOEHNER,FRANK M.
530 752 3936
FMMitloehner@ucdavis.edu
Air quality research related to livestock production, especially quantification of ammonia, dust, and odor emissions in dairies, beef feedlots, and poultry operations; environmental physiology research, focusing on effects of air emissions on animal health and welfare.

OLTJEN,JAMES W
530 752 5650
jwoltjen@ucdavis.edu


On-farm animal management systems; on-farm implementation of strategies to reduce the environmental impact of cows.
ROBINSON,PETER H
530 754 7565
phrobinson@ucdavis.edu


On-farm animal management systems; on-farm implementation of strategies to reduce the environmental impact of cows.
VAN EENENNAAM,ALISON
530 752 7942
alvaneenennaam@ucdavis.edu


Animal genomics, biotechnology.
ZEIDLER,GIDEON
951 827 5038
Gideon.Zeidler@UCR.edu


Food quality processing and safety.

 

Biological & Agricultural Engineering

Name Area of Expertise
THOMPSON,JAMES F
530 752 6167
jfthompson@ucdavis.edu

Postharvest operations including drying and refrigeration of fruits, vegetables, cut flowers, tree nuts, and grains; transportation of agricultural commodities; energy management and alternative energy systems.

 

 

 

Entomology

Name Area of Expertise
FLINT,MARY L
530 752 7692
mlflint@ucdavis.edu

Integrated pest management of landscape, agricultural and garden pests; biological control of arthropod pests; alternatives to pesticides; adoption of alternative practices by practitioners; innovative delivery of pest management information.

GODFREY,LARRY D
530 752 0473
ldgodfrey@ucdavis.edu


Integrated pest management of insects and mites in field and vegetable crops; plant (physiological and yield) response to insect injury, refinement of economic thresholds, IPM of field and vegetable crops.

LANZARO,GREGORY C.
530 752 5652
gclanzaro@ucdavis.edu


Population and molecular genetics of insect vectors of human disease
MUSSEN,ERIC C
530 752 0472
ecmussen@ucdavis.edu


Managing honey bees and wild bees for maximum field production, while minimizing pesticide damage to pollinator populations.
ZALOM,FRANK G
530 752 0275
fgzalom@ucdavis.edu

Integrated Pest Management (IPM), Tree Crops, Small Fruits, and Vegetable Crops Entomology, Water Quality, Invasive Species

 


Environmental Science & Policy

Name Area of Expertise
GROSHOLZ,EDWIN D
530 752 9151
tedgrosholz@ucdavis.edu

Population dynamics and community ecology, invasion biology, conservation biology and biodiversity of marine and estuarine systems, applications of ecological theory to coastal management problems.

 

 

Environmental Toxicology

Name Area of Expertise
CRAIGMILL,ARTHUR L
530 752 2936
alcraigmill@ucdavis.edu

Cooperative extension programs in human, veterinary and environmental toxicology. Field and laboratory research on pesticide biodegradation, and pharmacokinetics of chemical residues in livestock.

 

 

Food Science & Technology

Name Area of Expertise
BARRETT, DIANE M.
530 752 4800
dmbarrett@ucdavis.edu
Effects of raw material characteristics (cultivar, maturity, organic/conventional production etc.) and processing (aseptic, canning, drying, freezing, high pressure, etc.) on color, texture, flavor and nutritional quality of fruit and vegetable products.

BRUHN,CHRISTINE M
530 752 2774
cmbruhn@ucdavis.edu


Consumer Issues in food safety and quality and new technolgies such as food irradiation and biotechnology.
HARRIS,LINDA J.
530 754 9485
ljharris@ucdavis.edu


Microbial food safety with emphasis on fruits, vegetables and tree nuts, applied microbiology
ROSENBERG,MOSHE
530 752 4682
mrosenberg@ucdavis.edu


Food engineering, food technology, dairy chemistry, dairy technology, dairy products, food microstructure, microencapsulation.
WINTER, CARL K
530 752 5448
ckwinter@ucdavis.edu
Food toxicology, risk assessment, risk communication.

 

 

Human & Community Development

Name Area of Expertise
CAMPBELL,DAVID C
530 754 4328
dave.c.campbell@ucdavis.edu


Intersection between public policy and community development processes at the local levelÑfocusing on governance, civic engagement, citizenship, and economic development.
GRIESHOP,JAMES I
530 752 3008
jigrieshop@ucdavis.edu


Community leadership, risk perception and health and safety, non-formal education, and communication and adoption of innovations.
ONTAI-GRZEBIK,LENNA L
530 752 6410
lontaigrz@ucdavis.edu





Research focuses on understanding early socialization processes between parents and young children. This research program aims to understand factors that affect parents' socialization efforts such as income and cultural background. She is active in translating and disseminating current research findings in the areas of parenting, early social development and child care to programs for families with young children.

PONZIO,RICHARD C
530 752 8824
rcponzio@ucdavis.edu




Development and assessment of science education and science literacy programs in non-school settings, developing critical thinking skills using science content and methodology, teacher education and teacher partnerships for inquiring into improved instruction strategies, school reform issues, using student portfolios for assessing accomplishment.



Land Air & Water Resources

Name Area of Expertise
GOLDHAMER,DAVID A
530 752 5448
dagoldhamer@uckac.edu


Water management of horticultural crops; plant-water relations
GRATTAN,STEPHEN R
530 752 4618
srgrattan@ucdavis.edu


Salinity effects on plants at the plant and field scale; agricultural drainage water reuse and management; salinity-trace element interactions in plants; evapotranspiration.
HANSON,BLAINE R
530 752 4639
brhanson@ucdavis.edu


Micro-irrigation, sprinkler irrigation, furrow irrigation, border and basin irrigation, irrigation scheduling; salinity; soil moisture sensors; drainage; wells and pumps.
HARTER,THOMAS
530 752 6998
thharter@ucdavis.edu


Flow and transport processes in groundwater and in the vadose zone; non-point source pollution of groundwater; groundwater remediation; groundwater resources management; geostatistics; stochastic analysis; numerical modeling.

JACKSON,LOUISE E
530 754 9116
lejackson@uckac.edu


Soil microbial carbon and nitrogen cycling; Mycorrhizae; Plant water relations and nutrient uptake; Organic and conventional vegetable production; Reduced tillage systems; Grassland restoration ecology.

O'GEEN,ANTHONY T.
530 752 2155
atogeen@ucdavis.edu


Soil-landscape relationships, hydropedology, application of digital soil databases, soil survey; pedologic and hydrologic characterization of deep regolith; management of soil physical properties; macro- and mesofauna in soil.

PETTYGROVE, G. STUART
530 752 2533
gspettygrove@ucdavis.edu


Soil fertility, nitrate and phosphate pollution of water, dairy manure management, precision agriculture and site-specific farming, land application of wastes and wastewaters.
PRICHARD,TERRY
209 468 2086
tlprichard@ucdavis.edu


Irrigation water management; water infiltration; crop water requirements.
SCHWANKL,LAWRENCE J
559 646 6500
ljschwankl@uckac.edu


Drip, sprinkler, and flood irrigation systems with emphasis on irrigation of trees and vines. Irrigation system maintenance and chemigation. Irrigation scheduling using soil moisture monitoring and evapotranspiration techniques.

SNYDER,RICHARD L
530 752 4628
rlsnyder@ucdavis.edu


Irrigation scheduling; freeze/frost protection; evapotranspiration modeling.

 

Nemotology

Name Area of Expertise
WESTERDAHL,BECKY B
530 752 1405
bbwesterdahl@ucdavis.edu


Applied nematology, integrated pest management; nematology extension


Nutrition

Name Area of Expertise
JOY,AMY B
530 752 7959
abjoy@ucdavis.edu



Community nutrition, with an emphasis on improving the nutritional status of high risk audiences. Current areas of research are: (a) development and testing of nutrition education methodologies; (b) identification of dietary intake patterns and nutrition-related practices of high-risk audiences; (c) development of new ways to measure nutritional status; and (d) nutrition education interventions for improving nutritional status in high-risk audiences.

KAISER,LUCIA L.
530 754 9063
llkaiser@ucdavis.edu
Examining the impact of acculturation and food security on the child-parent feeding relationship among Latinos, developing tools to evaluate nutrition education, and evaluating lifeskills education on transition from welfare to work.

TOWNSEND,MARILYN S.
530 754 9222
mstownsend@ucdavis.edu
Evaluation studies of intervention programs and integrates theories and methodologies from cognitive psychology with dietary behavior change strategies. Nutrition education (research and programs) with an emphasis on children and adolescents. She is involved in theory-driven program development and implementation, nutrition educational methodologies and program evaluation. Her work also involves health behavior change strategies.

ZIDENBERG-CHERR,
SHERI A

530 752 3817
sazidenbergcherr@ucdavis.edu
A major focus is the study of the nutritional status of populations considered at risk of nutritional deficiencies and exposure to environmental and physiological stresses. Another aspect involves the development and testing of new approaches to educate the public such as through the education of primary targets for consumer questions, i.e. physicians.

 

 

 

Plant Pathology

Name Area of Expertise
DAVIS,RICHARD M
530 752 0303
rmdavis@ucdavis.edu

Diseases of vegetable and field crops, mushroom production.

GOLINO,DEBORAH A
530 754 8102
dagolino@ucdavis.edu

Fruit crop clean stock programs; Viral diseases of grapevines and fruit trees; Vector plant pathology; Phytosanitary regulations and law.

GUBLER,WALTER D
530 752 0304
wdgubler@ucdavis.edu
Research interests include biology, epidemiology and control of foliar pathogens of fruit crops with emphasis on grapevine and strawberry diseases.

SUBBARAO,KRISHNAMURTHY V
408 755 2890
kvsubbarao@ucdavis.edu
Epidemiology and integrated control of fungal diseases of vegetables, cool-season vegetables, verticillium of
strawberries, lettuce and other crops, methyl bromide alternatives.

 

 

Plant Sciences

Name Area of Expertise
AJWA,HUSEIN A.
831 755 2823
haajwa@ucdavis.edu


Soil and water management, methyl bromide alternatives, cool-season vegetables. Crop and Ecosystem Sciences Section


CANTWELL, MARITA
530 752 7305
micantwell@ucdavis.edu


Postharvest physiology, handling, and storage of vegetables, including specialty and fresh cut vegetables. Horticulture Section
CRISOSTO,CARLOS
559 646 6596
chcrisosto@uckac.edu


Postharvest handling systems to maintain quality and safety of stone fruit and kiwifruit. Horticulture Section
DEJONG,THEODORE M
530 752 1843
tmdejong@ucdavis.edu


Environmental plant physiology; photosynthetic efficiency of tree crops relative to the utilization of nitrogen, water, and solar radiation. Horticulture Section
DITOMASO,JOSEPH M.
530 754 8715
jmditomaso@ucdavis.edu


Taxonomy, ecology, physiology, and control of rangeland, forestry and wetland weeds; poisonous plants. Crop and Ecosystem Sciences Section
EVANS,RICHARD Y
530 752 6617
ryevans@ucdavis.edu
Management of commercial flower and nursery crops; nutrition of ornamental plants; container soil-plant interactions; propagation, production, and field establishment of plants for ecological restoration. Section: Primary - Horticulture; Secondary - Crop and Ecosystem Sciences

FENNIMORE,STEVEN A.
831 755 2896
safennimore@ucdavis.edu


Weed management in vegetable crops and small fruits as well as weed seed physiology and seed bank ecology. Crop and Ecosystem Sciences Section
FERGUSON,LOUISE
559 737 3061
lferguson@uckac.edu


Pistachios, olives, figs, citrus, persimmons. Horticulture Section
GEORGE, MELVIN R.
530 752 1720
mrgeorge@ucdavis.edu


Range and pasture improvement, grazing management, rangeland water quality; rangeland management practices; ranch planning. Crop and Ecosystem Sciences Section

HARTZ,TIMOTHY K
530 752 1738
tkhartz@ucdavis.edu


Culture and management of warm season vegetables; soil and plant fertility; crop stand establishment. Horticulture Section
HILL,JAMES E
530 752 3458
jehill@ucdavis.edu
Conducts research and education programs on rice based cropping systems with focus on production technologies such as direct seeding; weed control; nutrition; residue management; and the relationship of these factors to environmental quality. Crop and Ecosystem Sciences Section

HUTMACHER,ROBERT B
661 746 8020
rbhutmacher@ucdavis.edu
Conducts research and extension education programs in cotton production systems and irrigation management and plant water stress. In cotton, research efforts include varietal evaluations, irrigation and nutrient management, use of plant growth regulators, and cultural controls and host plant resistance to deal with specific fungal diseases. Crop and Ecosystem Sciences Section

JACKSON,LELAND F
530 752 0701
lfjackson@ucdavis.edu
Growth development and plant breeding of small grain diseases; pathogen variability host resistance and genetics of host/parasite interaction; integrated pest management and integrated crop management; agricultural systems. Crop and Ecosystem Sciences Section


JOHNSON,R. SCOTT
559 646 6547
sjohnson@uckac.edu


Freestone peaches, nectarines, plums, kiwifruit, apples. Horticulture Section
KADER,ADEL A
530 752 0909
aakader@ucdavis.edu


Quality of fruits and nuts in relation to their postharvest biology and technology. Horticulture Section
KAFFKA,STEPHEN R
530 752 8108
srkaffka@ucdavis.edu


Investigates ways to improve crop production efficiency and environmental quality relative to crop prodution. Works at the commodity and farming systems levels. Crop and Ecosystem Sciences Section

LAMPINEN,BRUCE DOUGLAS
530 752 2588
bdlampinen@ucdavis.edu


Coordination of extension teaching and research activities for almonds and walnuts on a statewide basis. Horticulture Section
LANINI,WAYNE T
530 752 4476
wtlanini@ucdavis.edu


Low input weed control in vegetables and agronomic crops. Crop and Ecosystem Sciences Section
LARSON,KIRK
949 857 0136
kdlarson@ucdavis.edu


Strawberry biology and production management, and development of improved strawberry cultivars. Horticulture Section
LIETH,J H
530 752 7198
jhlieth@ucdavis.edu


Crop ecology of greenhouse and nursery crops; greenhouse environment control automation; modeling of ornamental crops; automated irrigation. Section: Primary - Horticulture; Secondary - Crop and Ecosystem Sciences

MITCHAM,ELIZABETH J
530 752 7512
ejmitcham@ucdavis.edu


Alternatives to postharvest chemicals for control of insects, decay and physiological disorders; fruit responses to postharvest handling systems. Apple, pear, cherry, blueberry, strawberry, table grapes, walnut, almond, pistachio, tropical fruit. Horticulture Section

MITCHELL,JEFFREY P
559 646 6565
jpmitchell@uckac.edu


Conservation farming systems. Conservation tillage production alternatives. Air, soil and water quality in reduced till systems. Cropping diversity, rotations, and intensification in no-till production. Crop and Ecosystem Sciences Section

OKI,LORENCE R
530 754 4135
lroki@ucdavis.edu


Irrigation managment in urban horticulture; water quality effects on plant growth; Evaluation and introduction of California native plants for use in landscape horticulture. Section: Primary - Horticulture; Secondary - Crop and Ecosystem Sciences

PUTNAM,DANIEL H
530 752 8982
dhputnam@ucdavis.edu


Alfalfa and forage crops systems, alternative field crops, crop ecology. Crop and Ecosystem Sciences Section
REID,MICHAEL S
530 754 6751
msreid@ucdavis.edu


Postharvest technology; handling and marketing of environmental plants; postharvest physiology; physiology of flowering; chilling injury; action of ethylene; molecular biology of flower senescence. Section: Primary - Horticulture; Secondary - Agricultural Plant Biology

SUSLOW,TREVOR V.
530 754 8313
tvsuslow@ucdavis.edu


Integrated technologies for posthavest quality; postharvest pathology and biocontrol; food safety; postharvest quality and safety issues; refrigerated transportation. Horticulture Section

TATE,KENNETH W.
530 754 8988
kwtate@ucdavis.edu


Rangeland hydrology, water quality, nonpoint source pollution, grazing management. Crop and Ecosystem Sciences Section
TEMPLE,STEVEN R
530 752 8216
srtemple@ucdavis.edu
Agronomy and host plant resistance breeding of grain legumes, sustainable farming systems. Crop and Ecosystem Sciences Section

 

 

 

Viticulture & Enology

Name Area of Expertise
FIDELIBUS,MATTHEW W
559 646 6510
mwf@uckac.edu



Applied and basic research on grapes for raisin, table, and wine.

WOLPERT,JAMES A
530 754 6245
jawolpert@ucdavis.edu
Improvement of cultural practices for winegrapes.

 

 

 

Wildlife & Fisheries Biology

Name Area of Expertise
DEWEES,C M
530 752 1497
cmdewees@ucdavis.edu

Marine fisheries; human dimensions of fisheries management; commercial fisheries technology.

SALMON,TERRELL P
858 694 2864
tpsalmon@ucdavis.edu


Ecology, behavior, population dynamics, and control of vertebrates with particular emphasis on those affecting agricultural production and public health. Population simulation and wildlife damage control decision-making models. Development of Integrated Pest Management programs for various wildlife species. Dissemination of information to agricultural producers, wildlife managers and others dealing with both new and existing techniques of reducing wildlife damage.

THOMPSON,LISA C
530 754 5732
lcthompson@ucdavis.edu



Adaptive management of anadromous and inland fish populations; population dynamics modeling; impacts of dams and other water diversions on aquatic ecosystems; lake fertilization; food webs in rivers, lakes and reservoirs; terrestrial-aquatic linkages in watersheds.

 

 

Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Dean's Office

Name Area of Expertise
KING,NICELMA J
530 752 3863
njking@ucdavis.edu

Career and College Choice; Family Studies; Evaluating Human Resources Programs
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