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CE Specialists
(View CE Specialists in alphabetical order)
Agricultural & Resource Economics
| Name | Area of Expertise |
|---|---|
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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 |
|---|---|
| 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. |
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. |
| 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 |
| Westerdahl, Becky 530 752 1405 bbwesterdahl@ucdavis.edu |
Applied nematology, integrated pest management; nematology extension |
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. |
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 Ecology
| 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. |
| 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. |
Land Air & Water Resources
| Name | Area of Expertise |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
Nutrition
| Name | Area of Expertise |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Johnson, R. Scott 559 646 6547 sjohnson@uckac.edu |
Freestone peaches, nectarines, plums, kiwifruit, apples. 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 |
| 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 |
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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
