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 so excited to welcome these new team members!

 

Caroline Champlin
Science communication specialist (Southern California)
Strategic Communications
cchamplin@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Stepha Velednitsky
4-H youth advisor
Contra Costa and Alameda counties
velednitsky@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Sarah Farley
UC Master Gardener program manager
Santa Clara County
slfarley@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Kane Russell
Forestry and natural resources advisor
Plumas, Sierra and Lassen counties
kwrussell@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Yessica Viridiana Fernandez Galicia
Principal Investigator, California Agave Project
Water Management Lab, UC Davis
yesfernandez@ucdavis.edu
Bio

 

Sutie Xu
UC Cooperative Extension specialist in soil health
UC Davis
sutxu@ucdavis.edu
Bio

 

Sonia Rios
Sustainable Groundwater Management Act technical assistance community educator for small farms, UC SAREP
Riverside and San Bernardino counties
sirios@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Jarin Tasnim Anika
Sustainable Groundwater Management Act technical assistance community educator for small farms, UC SAREP
Merced, Stanislaus and San Joaquin counties
janika@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Erik Rodriguez
Sustainable Groundwater Management Act technical assistance community educator for small farms, UC SAREP
Fresno and Madera counties
erdrodriguez@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Luis Carlos Paniagua
Sustainable Groundwater Management Act technical assistance community educator for small farms, UC SAREP
Tulare and Kings counties
lcpaniagua@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Claire Tuohey-Mote
Staff research and extension associate, Small Farms Network
San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties
ctuoheymote@ucanr.edu

 

Helaine Berris
Water and soil advisor
Sonoma, Marin, Napa and Mendocino counties
hmberris@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Grace Belt
Youth, families and communities advisor
Humboldt and Del Norte counties
kbelt@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Ally Sung-Jereczek
Beneficial burning and tribal land stewardship advisor
Mendocino and Lake counties
asungjereczek@ucanr.edu 
Bio

 

Tanya Daly
Community education specialist for the 4-H Youth Development Program
Alameda County
tdaly@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Andrea Warner
Livestock and natural resources area advisor
Placer, Nevada, Yuba and Sutter counties
alnwarner@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Mohammadali Azadfar
Woody biomass and forest products advisor
Siskiyou, Shasta and Trinity counties
mazadfar@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Dylan Beal
UC Integrated Pest Management entomology farm advisor
Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito counties
djbeal@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Monica Palta
UC Cooperative Extension specialist in urban water quality, health and justice
UC Irvine
mpalta@uci.edu
Bio

 

Hedmon Okella
4-H animal science youth advisor
San Benito, Monterey and Santa Cruz counties
hokella@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Yonatan Weinberg
Academic coordinator for food innovation and small business
Farms, Food, Future Initiative, also called F3, San Joaquin Valley
yweinberg@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Natalie Levy
Soil health and organic materials management advisor
Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties
nlevy@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Jasmin Smith
Community nutrition and health advisor 
San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Merced counties
jasm@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Derrick Robinson
Urban agriculture, food systems and environmental issues advisor
San Diego County
drobinson@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Arun Babu
Entomology advisor
Imperial County
arbabu@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Emily Kraus
Small farms advisor
Fresno County
ekraus@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Sang-Bin Lee
Urban IPM (Integrated Pest Management) advisor
Capitol Corridor (Solano, Yolo and Sacramento counties)
sablee@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Jagdeep Singh
Agronomy advisor
Siskiyou County
fgssingh@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Sara Rosenberg
Regenerative agriculture farm advisor
Mariposa, Merced and Stanislaus counties
srosenberg@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Laljeet Sangha
Community water systems advisor
Kern, Tulare and Kings counties
lsangha@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Ngodoo Atume
Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) small farms technical assistance coordinator
UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SAREP)
natume@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Phillip Fujiyoshi
UCCE Small Farms extension and research associate
Capitol Corridor
pfujiyoshi@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Azin Pourkhalili
Youth, family and community advisor
Kern, Inyo and Mono counties
apourkhalili@ucanr.edu
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
Bio

 

Ahmed El-Moghazy
UC Cooperative Extension food safety specialist
UC Riverside
aelmogha@ucr.edu
Bio

 

Haramrit Gill
Environmental horticulture advisor
Tulare, Kings, Fresno and Madera counties
hamgill@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Christian Jordan
Forestry and natural resources advisor
Shasta, Trinity and Siskiyou counties
cjordan@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Ana Pastrana
Plant pathology advisor
Imperial, Riverside and San Diego counties
ampastranaleon@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Idongesit Mokwunye
Integrated pest management entomology advisor
imokwunye@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Cleo Aster Woelfle-Hazard
Fire advisor
Humboldt and Del Norte counties
cwhaz@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Laura Garza
Water quality, quantity and climate change advisor
Lake and Mendocino counties
legarza@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Domena Agyeman
Agriculture and natural resources economics advisor
Butte, Glenn and Tehama counties
dagyeman@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Sarah Marsh
Rice farming systems advisor
Colusa and Yolo counties
smarsh@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Olukayode "Kayode" Jegede
UC Cooperative Extension agricultural toxicology specialist
UC Davis
ojegede@ucdavis.edu
Bio

 

Crystele Leauthaud
UC Cooperative Extension agroecology specialist
UC Santa Cruz
cleautha@ucsc.edu
Bio

 

Jennifer Smilowitz
UC Cooperative Extension nutrition and health equity specialist
UC Davis 
jensm@ucdavis.edu
Bio

 

Mackenzie Patton
Integrated pest management advisor
Central Sierra: El Dorado, Amador, Tuolumne and Calaveras counties
mfpatton@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Simarjeet Singh
Irrigated grass systems area advisor
Modoc, Lassen and Shasta counties
ssmsingh@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Aaron Wilcher
Community and economic development advisor
Inyo, Mono and eastern Kern counties
awilcher@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Brian Woodward
Forestry advisor
Santa Cruz, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties
bdwoodward@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Bruno Pitton
Environmental horticulture advisor
Placer and Nevada counties
bjpitton@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Kitty Oppliger
Community health and nutrition advisor
Amador, Calaveras, Tuolumne, El Dorado, Placer and Nevada counties
koppliger@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Param Singh
Agricultural technology advisor
Monterey, Santa Cruz, San Benito and San Luis Obispo counties
psbsingh@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Jessie Godfrey
Environmental horticulture and water resource management advisor
Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, San Mateo and San Francisco counties
jmgodfrey@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Alexa Erickson
Assistant community nutrition, health and food systems advisor
Contra Costa and Alameda counties
americkson@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Michael Cohen
Organic materials management and agri-food systems advisor
Santa Clara County
mfscohen@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Raymond Mireles
Fruit and almond advisor
Fresno and Tulare counties
jrmireles@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Luis Peña-Lévano
UC Cooperative Extension specialist in dairy cattle production, health and management economics
UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
lpenalevano@ucdavis.edu
Bio

 

Emma Volk
Production horticulture advisor
Santa Barbara and Ventura counties
evolk@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Mandeep Riar
Restoration ecology and weed science area advisor
Kern, Tulare and Kings counties
mriar@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Esther Mosase
Urban watershed resilience advisor
Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties
enmosase@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Srabani Das
UC Cooperative Extension regenerative agriculture specialist
UC Merced
sradas@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Lais Costa
UC Cooperative Extension specialist in rural community disaster preparedness
UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
lrcosta@ucdavis.edu
Bio

 

Edith de Guzman
UC Cooperative Extension water equity and adaptation policy specialist
UCLA
eb3@ucla.edu
Bio

 

Ryan Hill
Weed science and agronomy advisor
Tehama, Shasta and Glenn counties
rjahill@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Rúbia Branco Lopes
Dairy farm advisor
Tulare and Kern counties
rbrancolopes@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Liliana Vega
4-H youth development advisor
Orange and San Diego counties
live@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Jasmin Ramirez Bonilla
Pesticide-safety education program coordinator
UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program
jramirezbonilla@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Veronica Van Cleave-Hunt
Community nutrition, health and food security advisor
Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Sutter and Yuba counties
vvancleavehunt@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Laurie Wayne
Nutrition and food systems advisor
Modoc, Lassen and Siskiyou counties
lwayne@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Bailey Smith-Helman
Community education specialist
UC ANR Climate Smart Agriculture Program
bsmithhelman@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Carly Hyland
Assistant professor of Cooperative Extension, environmental health sciences
UC Berkeley
chyland@berkeley.edu
Bio

 

Justin Valliere
Assistant professor of Cooperative Extension, invasive weed and restoration ecology
UC Davis
jmvalliere@ucdavis.edu
Bio

 

Alexandra "Ali" Estvan Hill
Assistant professor of Cooperative Extension, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
UC Berkeley
alihill@berkeley.edu
Bio

 

James "Jay" Sayre
Assistant professor of Cooperative Extension, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
UC Davis
jsayre@ucdavis.edu
Bio

 

Cristina Murillo-Barrick
Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) community development advisor
Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco and San Mateo counties
cmurillo@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Hamutahl Cohen
Entomology advisor
Ventura County
hcohen@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Marianna Castiaux
Small Farms and Specialty Crops Program 
academic coordinator
mjcastiaux@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Becky Wheeler-Dykes
Orchard systems and weed ecology advisor
Glenn, Tehama and Colusa counties
bawheeler@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Jorge Angeles
Weed management and ecology advisor
Tulare, Kings and Fresno counties
jaangeles@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Grant Johnson
Urban agriculture technology area advisor
Los Angeles and Orange counties
gejohnson@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Giuliano Galdi
Agronomy and crops advisor
Merced County
gcgaldi@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Qicheng Tang
Assistant project scientist for water resources and water resiliency
Napa County
qictang@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Clarissa Reyes
Orchard systems advisor
Sutter, Yuba, Placer and Butte counties
clareyes@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Manpreet Singh
Technology and innovation advisor for small farms
Fresno, Kings, Tulare, Madera and Merced counties
mansing@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Alicia Baddorf
Sustainable supply chain coordinator
UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program
akbaddorf@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Ahmed Kayad
Agricultural engineering advisor
Intermountain Research and Extension Center
agkayad@ucanr.edu | (530) 667-5117
Bio

 

Erik Porse
Director
California Institute for Water Resources
eporse@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Haris Gilani
Biomass and bioenergy advisor
Riverside and San Bernardino counties
hgilani@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Eddie Tanner
Specialty crops and horticulture advisor
Humboldt and Del Norte counties
ehtanner@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Ellie Andrews
Specialty crops advisor
Sonoma, Marin and Napa counties
eandrews@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Tobias Oker
Soils and irrigation advisor
Kern County
teoker@ucanr.edu | (661) 868-6218 | Twitter @TobiasOker
Bio

 

Justin Tanner
Viticulture advisor
San Joaquin, Stanislaus and southern Sacramento counties
jdtanner@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Cassandra Nguyen
Cooperative Extension nutrition specialist
UC Davis
casnguy@ucdavis.edu | (530) 752-3817
Bio

 

Francisco Benítez Altuna
Project scientist
Berkeley Food Institute and UC ANR
fjbenitez@ucanr.edu
Bio

 

Gwenaël Engelskirchen
Sustainable food and farming coordinator
UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program
gaengelskirchen@ucanr.edu | (530) 792-8253
Bio

 

Jaime Ott
Orchard systems advisor
Tehama, Butte, Shasta and Glenn counties
njott@ucanr.edu | (530) 527-3101
Bio