Center Director

Atef Swelam

Director Kearney and Westside Research and Extension Centers
Phone: 559-646-6060
Email: aiswelam@ucanr.edu

Academic and Cooperative Extension Staff

Jackie Atim

CE Specialist in Abiotic Stress
Phone: 559-646-6506
Email: jatim@ucanr.edu

Khaled M Bali

Irrigation Water Management Specialist
Phone: 559-646-6541
Email: kmbali@ucanr.edu

Mae Culumber

Nut Crops Farm Advisor
Phone: 559-241-7526
Email: cmculumber@ucanr.edu

Kent Daane

CE Specialist
Phone: 559-646-6522
Email: kdaane@ucanr.edu

David Ennes

IR-4 Field Research Director
Phone: 559-646-6061
Email: djennes@ucanr.edu

Matthew Fidelibus

CE Specialist Grape Production 
Phone: 559-646-6510
Email: mwfidelibus@ucanr.edu

Sandipa Guatam

Cooperative Extension Area Citrus IPM Advisor
Phone: 559-592-2408 x 1765
Email: sangautam@ucanr.edu

Peter A Larbi

Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist
Phone: 559-646-6577
Email: palarbi@ucanr.edu

Giulia Marino

Assistant Specialist Cooperative Extension
Email: giumarino@ucdavis.edu
 

Jeffrey Mitchell

CE Cropping Systems Specialist
Phone: 559-646-6565
Email: jpmitchell@ucanr.edu

Idongesit Mokwunye

Area CE IPM Entomology Advisor
Phone: 559-807-0257
Email: imokwunye@ucanr.edu

Florent Trouillas

Associate Cooperative Extension Specialist
Phone: 559-646-6566
Email: flotrouillas@ucanr.edu

Andreas Westphal

Uc Riverside Professor of Cooperative Extension Nematology
Phone: 559-646-6555
Email: andreasw@ucr.edu

Houston Wilson

Associate Cooperative Extension Specialist
Phone: 559-646-6519
Email: samhw@ucr.edu

Manpreet Singh

Technology and Innovation for Small Farms Advisor
Phone: 559-646-6538
Email: mansing@ucanr.edu

Administrative Staff

Gloria T Gonzalez

Business Officer
Phone: 559-646-6010
Email: gtgonzalez@ucanr.edu

Maximus Mendez

Assistant
Email: maxmendez@ucanr.edu

Custodial Staff

Ivan Aldana

Assistant Custodial Supervisor
Phone: 559-646-6054
Email: ialdana@ucanr.edu

Filiberto Ramirez

Custodian
Phone: 559-646-6054
Email: filramirez@ucanr.edu

Jose R Ramirez

Custodian
Phone: 559-646-6054
Email: josramirez@ucanr.edu

Mauricio Robles

Custodian
Phone: 559-646-6054
Email: maurobles@ucanr.edu

Physical Plant Staff

Patrick J West

Crafts and Trades Manger I
Phone: 559-646-6052
Email: pjwest@ucanr.edu

Keith C Byrum

System Admin ll
Phone: 559-646-6560
Email: kcbyrum@ucanr.edu

Daniel Perez

Building Maintenace Worker

Jose Reyes

Building Maintenace Worker
Phone: 559-646-6056
Email: jesreyes@ucanr.edu

Farm Operation Staff

Vincent A Silva

Agriculture Manger I
Email: vasilva@ucanr.edu

Rodolfo A Cisneros

Principal Agricultural Technician
Phone: 559-646-6023
Email: racisneros@ucanr.edu

Juan Martinez

Agricultural Technician
Email: jummartinez@ucanr.edu 

Hironel Perales

Farm Machine Mechanic 

Victor R Polkownikow

Agricultural Technician Prn
Phone: 559-646-6023
Email: vrpolkownikow@ucanr.edu

Salvador Rangel

Farm Worker
Phone: 559-646-6023
Email: salrangel@ucanr.edu

Pablo Rosales

Farm Laborer

Guadalupe Sandoval

Agricultural Technician Prn 
Email: gsandoval@ucanr.edu