Thanks to increased support from the State of California, we are rebuilding our academic footprint across the state and adding new positions to address California’s most pressing issues. We are excited to welcome these new team members.
Environmental horticulture advisor
San Bernardino and Riverside counties
ltymon@ucanr.edu
Read Lydia Tymon’s bio
Indigenous disaster resilience advisor
Central Sierra
rlwoodke@ucanr.edu
Read Robert "Bob" Woodke’s bio
Food systems advisor
Los Angeles, Ventura counties
lschmidt@ucanr.edu
Read Li Schmidt’s bio
Indigenous food sovereignty advisor
San Diego, Riverside counties
mvez@ucanr.edu
Read Marisela Chávez’s bio
4-H youth development advisor
San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties
mpguillen@ucanr.edu
Read Melissa Guillen’s bio
UC Cooperative Extension specialist in agricultural economics
UC Santa Cruz
arochajr@ucsc.edu
Read Adauto Rocha Jr.’s bio
Forestry and natural resources advisor
Shasta, Trinity and Siskiyou counties
caquintana@ucanr.edu
Read Camila Quintana Del Caprio’s bio
Livestock and natural resources advisor
Shasta and Trinity counties
jusvigil@ucanr.edu
Read Justin Vigil’s bio
Disaster resiliency, planning and policy advisor
San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties
lilthaox@ucanr.edu
Read Lilian Thaoxaochay’s bio
Community education supervisor
UC Master Food Preserver Program
kmatteucci@ucanr.edu
Read Kelsie Matteucci’s bio
Livestock and natural resources advisor
San Benito, Monterey and Santa Cruz counties
fmashiri@ucanr.edu
Read Fadzayi Elizabeth Mashiri’s bio
Youth nutrition educator
Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program, Contra Costa County
mxdiaz@ucanr.edu
Read Mariana Diaz’s bio
Subtropical crop advisor
San Diego and Riverside counties
mfatino@ucanr.edu
Read Matthew Fatino’s bio
Agronomy advisor
Sacramento, Yolo and Solano counties
mdpsingh@ucanr.edu
Read Mandeep Singh’s bio
Science communication specialist (Southern California)
Strategic Communications
cchamplin@ucanr.edu
Read Caroline Champlin’s bio
4-H youth advisor
Contra Costa and Alameda counties
velednitsky@ucanr.edu
Read Stepha Velednitsky’s bio
UC Master Gardener program manager
Santa Clara County
slfarley@ucanr.edu
Read Sarah Farley’s bio
Forestry and natural resources advisor
Plumas, Sierra and Lassen counties
kwrussell@ucanr.edu
Read Kane Russell’s bio
Yessica Viridiana Fernandez Galicia
Principal Investigator, California Agave Project
Water Management Lab, UC Davis
yesfernandez@ucdavis.edu
Read Yessica Viridiana Fernandez Galicia’s bio
UC Cooperative Extension specialist in soil health
UC Davis
sutxu@ucdavis.edu
Read Sutie Xu’s bio
Sonia Rios
Sustainable Groundwater Management Act technical assistance community educator for small farms, UC SAREP
Riverside and San Bernardino counties
sirios@ucanr.edu
Read Sonia Rios’s bio
Sustainable Groundwater Management Act technical assistance community educator for small farms, UC SAREP
Merced, Stanislaus and San Joaquin counties
janika@ucanr.edu
Read Jarin Tasnim Anika’s bio
Sustainable Groundwater Management Act technical assistance community educator for small farms, UC SAREP
Fresno and Madera counties
erdrodriguez@ucanr.edu
Read Erik Rodriguez’s bio
Sustainable Groundwater Management Act technical assistance community educator for small farms, UC SAREP
Tulare and Kings counties
lcpaniagua@ucanr.edu
Read Luis Carlos Paniagua’s bio
Staff research and extension associate, Small Farms Network
San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties
ctuoheymote@ucanr.edu
Water and soil advisor
Sonoma, Marin, Napa and Mendocino counties
hmberris@ucanr.edu
Read Helaine Berris’s bio
Youth, families and communities advisor
Humboldt and Del Norte counties
kbelt@ucanr.edu
Read Grace Belt’s bio
Beneficial burning and tribal land stewardship advisor
Mendocino and Lake counties
asungjereczek@ucanr.edu
Read Ally Sung-Jereczek’s bio
Community education specialist for the 4-H Youth Development Program
Alameda County
tdaly@ucanr.edu
Read Tanya Daly’s bio
Livestock and natural resources area advisor
Placer, Nevada, Yuba and Sutter counties
alnwarner@ucanr.edu
Read Andrea Warner’s bio
Woody biomass and forest products advisor
Siskiyou, Shasta and Trinity counties
mazadfar@ucanr.edu
Read Mohammadali Azadfar’s bio
UC Integrated Pest Management entomology farm advisor
Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito counties
djbeal@ucanr.edu
Read Dylan Beal’s bio
UC Cooperative Extension specialist in urban water quality, health and justice
UC Irvine
mpalta@uci.edu
Read Monica Palta’s bio
4-H animal science youth advisor
San Benito, Monterey and Santa Cruz counties
hokella@ucanr.edu
Read Hedmon Okella’s bio
Academic coordinator for food innovation and small business
Farms, Food, Future Initiative, also called F3, San Joaquin Valley
yweinberg@ucanr.edu
Read Yonatan Weinberg’s bio
Soil health and organic materials management advisor
Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties
nlevy@ucanr.edu
Read Natalie Levy’s bio
Community nutrition and health advisor
San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Merced counties
jasm@ucanr.edu
Read Jasmin Smith’s bio
Urban agriculture, food systems and environmental issues advisor
San Diego County
drobinson@ucanr.edu
Read Derrick Robinson’s bio
Entomology advisor
Imperial County
arbabu@ucanr.edu
Read Arun Babu’s bio
Agronomy advisor
Siskiyou County
fgssingh@ucanr.edu
Read Jagdeep Singh’s bio
Regenerative agriculture farm advisor
Mariposa, Merced and Stanislaus counties
srosenberg@ucanr.edu
Read Sara Rosenberg’s bio
Community water systems advisor
Kern, Tulare and Kings counties
lsangha@ucanr.edu
Read Laljeet Sangha’s bio
Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) small farms technical assistance coordinator
UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SAREP)
natume@ucanr.edu
Read Ngodoo Atume’s bio
UCCE Small Farms extension and research associate
Capitol Corridor
pfujiyoshi@ucanr.edu
Read Phillip Fujiyoshi’s bio
Youth, family and community advisor
Kern, Inyo and Mono counties
apourkhalili@ucanr.edu
Read Azin Pourkhalili’s bio
Claire Beveridge
Small farms water conservation academic coordinator
UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SAREP)
Fresno, Tulare and Madera counties
cbeveridge@ucanr.edu
Read Claire Beveridge’s bio
UC Cooperative Extension food safety specialist
UC Riverside
aelmogha@ucr.edu
Read Ahmed El-Moghazy’s bio
Environmental horticulture advisor
Tulare, Kings, Fresno and Madera counties
hamgill@ucanr.edu
Read Haramrit Gill’s bio
Forestry and natural resources advisor
Shasta, Trinity and Siskiyou counties
cjordan@ucanr.edu
Read Christian Jordan’s bio
Plant pathology advisor
Imperial, Riverside and San Diego counties
ampastranaleon@ucanr.edu
Read Ana Pastrana’s bio
Integrated pest management entomology advisor
imokwunye@ucanr.edu
Read Idongesit Mokwunye’s bio
Water quality, quantity and climate change advisor
Lake and Mendocino counties
legarza@ucanr.edu
Read Laura Garza’s bio
Domena Agyeman
Agriculture and natural resources economics advisor
Butte, Glenn and Tehama counties
dagyeman@ucanr.edu
Read Domena Agyeman’s bio
Rice farming systems advisor
Colusa and Yolo counties
smarsh@ucanr.edu
Read Sarah Marsh’s bio
UC Cooperative Extension agricultural toxicology specialist
UC Davis
ojegede@ucdavis.edu
Read Olukayode "Kayode" Jegede’s bio
UC Cooperative Extension agroecology specialist
UC Santa Cruz
cleautha@ucsc.edu
Read Crystele Leauthaud’s bio
UC Cooperative Extension nutrition and health equity specialist
UC Davis
jensm@ucdavis.edu
Read Jennifer Smilowitz’s bio
Integrated pest management advisor
Central Sierra: El Dorado, Amador, Tuolumne and Calaveras counties
mfpatton@ucanr.edu
Read Mackenzie Patton’s bio
Irrigated grass systems area advisor
Modoc, Lassen and Shasta counties
ssmsingh@ucanr.edu
Read Simarjeet Singh’s bio
Community and economic development advisor
Inyo, Mono and eastern Kern counties
awilcher@ucanr.edu
Read Aaron Wilcher’s bio
Forestry advisor
Santa Cruz, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties
bdwoodward@ucanr.edu
Read Brian Woodward’s bio
Environmental horticulture advisor
Placer and Nevada counties
bjpitton@ucanr.edu
Read Bruno Pitton’s bio
Community health and nutrition advisor
Amador, Calaveras, Tuolumne, El Dorado, Placer and Nevada counties
koppliger@ucanr.edu
Read Kitty Oppliger’s bio
Agricultural technology advisor
Monterey, Santa Cruz, San Benito and San Luis Obispo counties
psbsingh@ucanr.edu
Read Param Singh’s bio
Environmental horticulture and water resource management advisor
Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, San Mateo and San Francisco counties
jmgodfrey@ucanr.edu
Read Jessie Godfrey’s bio
Assistant community nutrition, health and food systems advisor
Contra Costa and Alameda counties
americkson@ucanr.edu
Read Alexa Erickson’s bio
Organic materials management and agri-food systems advisor
Santa Clara County
mfscohen@ucanr.edu
Read Michael Cohen’s bio
Fruit and almond advisor
Fresno and Tulare counties
jrmireles@ucanr.edu
Read Raymond Mireles’s bio
UC Cooperative Extension specialist in dairy cattle production, health and management economics
UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
lpenalevano@ucdavis.edu
Read Luis Peña-Lévano’s bio
Production horticulture advisor
Santa Barbara and Ventura counties
evolk@ucanr.edu
Read Emma Volk’s bio
Restoration ecology and weed science area advisor
Kern, Tulare and Kings counties
mriar@ucanr.edu
Read Mandeep Riar’s bio
Urban watershed resilience advisor
Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties
enmosase@ucanr.edu
Read Esther Mosase’s bio
UC Cooperative Extension regenerative agriculture specialist
UC Merced
sradas@ucanr.edu
Read Srabani Das’s bio
UC Cooperative Extension specialist in rural community disaster preparedness
UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
lrcosta@ucdavis.edu
Read Lais Costa’s bio
UC Cooperative Extension water equity and adaptation policy specialist
UCLA
eb3@ucla.edu
Read Edith de Guzman’s bio
Weed science and agronomy advisor
Tehama, Shasta and Glenn counties
rjahill@ucanr.edu
Read Ryan Hill’s bio
Dairy farm advisor
Tulare and Kern counties
rbrancolopes@ucanr.edu
Read Rúbia Branco Lopes’s bio
Liliana Vega
4-H youth development advisor
Orange and San Diego counties
live@ucanr.edu
Read Liliana Vega’s bio
Pesticide-safety education program coordinator
UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program
jramirezbonilla@ucanr.edu
Read Jasmin Ramirez Bonilla’s bio
Community nutrition, health and food security advisor
Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Sutter and Yuba counties
vvancleavehunt@ucanr.edu
Read Veronica Van Cleave-Hunt’s bio
Nutrition and food systems advisor
Modoc, Lassen and Siskiyou counties
lwayne@ucanr.edu
Read Laurie Wayne’s bio
Bailey Smith-Helman
Community education specialist
UC ANR Climate Smart Agriculture Program
bsmithhelman@ucanr.edu
Read Bailey Smith-Helman’s bio
Assistant professor of Cooperative Extension, environmental health sciences
UC Berkeley
chyland@berkeley.edu
Read Carly Hyland’s bio
Assistant professor of Cooperative Extension, invasive weed and restoration ecology
UC Davis
jmvalliere@ucdavis.edu
Read Justin Valliere’s bio
Alexandra "Ali" Estvan Hill
Assistant professor of Cooperative Extension, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
UC Berkeley
alihill@berkeley.edu
Read Alexandra "Ali" Estvan Hill’s bio
Assistant professor of Cooperative Extension, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
UC Davis
jsayre@ucdavis.edu
Read James "Jay" Sayre’s bio
Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) community development advisor
Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco and San Mateo counties
cmurillo@ucanr.edu
Read Cristina Murillo-Barrick’s bio