Recent Hires
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!
Helaine Berris
Water and soil advisor
Sonoma, Marin, Napa and Mendocino counties
hmberris@ucanr.edu
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Grace Belt
Youth, families and communities advisor
Humboldt and Del Norte counties
kbelt@ucanr.edu
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Ally Sung-Jereczek
Beneficial burning and tribal land stewardship advisor
Mendocino and Lake counties
asungjereczek@ucanr.edu
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Tanya Daly
Community education specialist for the 4-H Youth Development Program
Alameda County
tdaly@ucanr.edu
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Andrea Warner
Livestock and natural resources area advisor
Placer, Nevada, Yuba and Sutter counties
alnwarner@ucanr.edu
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Mohammadali Azadfar
Woody biomass and forest products advisor
Siskiyou, Shasta and Trinity counties
mazadfar@ucanr.edu
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Dylan Beal
UC Integrated Pest Management entomology farm advisor
Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito counties
djbeal@ucanr.edu
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Monica Palta
UC Cooperative Extension specialist in urban water quality, health and justice
UC Irvine
mpalta@uci.edu
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Hedmon Okella
4-H animal science youth advisor
San Benito, Monterey and Santa Cruz counties
hokella@ucanr.edu
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Yonatan Weinberg
Academic coordinator for food innovation and small business
Farms, Food, Future Initiative, also called F3, San Joaquin Valley
yweinberg@ucanr.edu
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Natalie Levy
Soil health and organic materials management advisor
Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties
nlevy@ucanr.edu
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Jasmin Smith
Community nutrition and health advisor
San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Merced counties
jasm@ucanr.edu
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Derrick Robinson
Urban agriculture, food systems and environmental issues advisor
San Diego County
drobinson@ucanr.edu
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Arun Babu
Entomology advisor
Imperial County
arbabu@ucanr.edu
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Emily Kraus
Small farms advisor
Fresno County
ekraus@ucanr.edu
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Sang-Bin Lee
Urban IPM (Integrated Pest Management) advisor
Capitol Corridor (Solano, Yolo and Sacramento counties)
sablee@ucanr.edu
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Jagdeep Singh
Agronomy advisor
Siskiyou County
fgssingh@ucanr.edu
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Sara Rosenberg
Regenerative agriculture farm advisor
Mariposa, Merced and Stanislaus counties
srosenberg@ucanr.edu
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Laljeet Sangha
Community water systems advisor
Kern, Tulare and Kings counties
lsangha@ucanr.edu
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Ngodoo Atume
Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) small farms technical assistance coordinator
UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SAREP)
natume@ucanr.edu
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Phillip Fujiyoshi
UCCE Small Farms extension and research associate
Capitol Corridor
pfujiyoshi@ucanr.edu
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Azin Pourkhalili
Youth, family and community advisor
Kern, Inyo and Mono counties
apourkhalili@ucanr.edu
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Claire Beveridge
Small farms water conservation academic coordinator
UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SAREP)
Fresno, Tulare and Madera counties
cbeveridge@ucanr.edu
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Ahmed El-Moghazy
UC Cooperative Extension food safety specialist
UC Riverside
aelmogha@ucr.edu
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Haramrit Gill
Environmental horticulture advisor
Tulare, Kings, Fresno and Madera counties
hamgill@ucanr.edu
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Christian Jordan
Forestry and natural resources advisor
Shasta, Trinity and Siskiyou counties
cjordan@ucanr.edu
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Ana Pastrana
Plant pathology advisor
Imperial, Riverside and San Diego counties
ampastranaleon@ucanr.edu
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Idongesit Mokwunye
Integrated pest management entomology advisor
imokwunye@ucanr.edu
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Cleo Aster Woelfle-Hazard
Fire advisor
Humboldt and Del Norte counties
cwhaz@ucanr.edu
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Laura Garza
Water quality, quantity and climate change advisor
Lake and Mendocino counties
legarza@ucanr.edu
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Domena Agyeman
Agriculture and natural resources economics advisor
Butte, Glenn and Tehama counties
dagyeman@ucanr.edu
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Sarah Marsh
Rice farming systems advisor
Colusa and Yolo counties
smarsh@ucanr.edu
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Olukayode "Kayode" Jegede
UC Cooperative Extension agricultural toxicology specialist
UC Davis
ojegede@ucdavis.edu
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Crystele Leauthaud
UC Cooperative Extension agroecology specialist
UC Santa Cruz
cleautha@ucsc.edu
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Jennifer Smilowitz
UC Cooperative Extension nutrition and health equity specialist
UC Davis
jensm@ucdavis.edu
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Mackenzie Patton
Integrated pest management advisor
Central Sierra: El Dorado, Amador, Tuolumne and Calaveras counties
mfpatton@ucanr.edu
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Simarjeet Singh
Irrigated grass systems area advisor
Modoc, Lassen and Shasta counties
ssmsingh@ucanr.edu
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Aaron Wilcher
Community and economic development advisor
Inyo, Mono and eastern Kern counties
awilcher@ucanr.edu
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Brian Woodward
Forestry advisor
Santa Cruz, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties
bdwoodward@ucanr.edu
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Bruno Pitton
Environmental horticulture advisor
Placer and Nevada counties
bjpitton@ucanr.edu
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Kitty Oppliger
Community health and nutrition advisor
Amador, Calaveras, Tuolumne, El Dorado, Placer and Nevada counties
koppliger@ucanr.edu
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Param Singh
Agricultural technology advisor
Monterey, Santa Cruz, San Benito and San Luis Obispo counties
psbsingh@ucanr.edu
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Jessie Godfrey
Environmental horticulture and water resource management advisor
Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, San Mateo and San Francisco counties
jmgodfrey@ucanr.edu
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Alexa Erickson
Assistant community nutrition, health and food systems advisor
Contra Costa and Alameda counties
americkson@ucanr.edu
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Michael Cohen
Organic materials management and agri-food systems advisor
Santa Clara County
mfscohen@ucanr.edu
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Raymond Mireles
Fruit and almond advisor
Fresno and Tulare counties
jrmireles@ucanr.edu
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Luis Peña-Lévano
UC Cooperative Extension specialist in dairy cattle production, health and management economics
UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
lpenalevano@ucdavis.edu
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Emma Volk
Production horticulture advisor
Santa Barbara and Ventura counties
evolk@ucanr.edu
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Mandeep Riar
Restoration ecology and weed science area advisor
Kern, Tulare and Kings counties
mriar@ucanr.edu
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Esther Mosase
Urban watershed resilience advisor
Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties
enmosase@ucanr.edu
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Srabani Das
UC Cooperative Extension regenerative agriculture specialist
UC Merced
sradas@ucanr.edu
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Lais Costa
UC Cooperative Extension specialist in rural community disaster preparedness
UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
lrcosta@ucdavis.edu
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Edith de Guzman
UC Cooperative Extension water equity and adaptation policy specialist
UCLA
eb3@ucla.edu
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Ryan Hill
Weed science and agronomy advisor
Tehama, Shasta and Glenn counties
rjahill@ucanr.edu
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Rúbia Branco Lopes
Dairy farm advisor
Tulare and Kern counties
rbrancolopes@ucanr.edu
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Liliana Vega
4-H youth development advisor
Orange and San Diego counties
live@ucanr.edu
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Jasmin Ramirez Bonilla
Pesticide-safety education program coordinator
UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program
jramirezbonilla@ucanr.edu
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Veronica Van Cleave-Hunt
Community nutrition, health and food security advisor
Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Sutter and Yuba counties
vvancleavehunt@ucanr.edu
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Laurie Wayne
Nutrition and food systems advisor
Modoc, Lassen and Siskiyou counties
lwayne@ucanr.edu
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Bailey Smith-Helman
Community education specialist
UC ANR Climate Smart Agriculture Program
bsmithhelman@ucanr.edu
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Carly Hyland
Assistant professor of Cooperative Extension, environmental health sciences
UC Berkeley
chyland@berkeley.edu
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Justin Valliere
Assistant professor of Cooperative Extension, invasive weed and restoration ecology
UC Davis
jmvalliere@ucdavis.edu
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Alexandra "Ali" Estvan Hill
Assistant professor of Cooperative Extension, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
UC Berkeley
alihill@berkeley.edu
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James "Jay" Sayre
Assistant professor of Cooperative Extension, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
UC Davis
jsayre@ucdavis.edu
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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
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Hamutahl Cohen
Entomology advisor
Ventura County
hcohen@ucanr.edu
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Marianna Castiaux
Small Farms and Specialty Crops Program
academic coordinator
mjcastiaux@ucanr.edu
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Becky Wheeler-Dykes
Orchard systems and weed ecology advisor
Glenn, Tehama and Colusa counties
bawheeler@ucanr.edu
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Jorge Angeles
Weed management and ecology advisor
Tulare, Kings and Fresno counties
jaangeles@ucanr.edu
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Grant Johnson
Urban agriculture technology area advisor
Los Angeles and Orange counties
gejohnson@ucanr.edu
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Giuliano Galdi
Agronomy and crops advisor
Merced County
gcgaldi@ucanr.edu
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Qicheng Tang
Assistant project scientist for water resources and water resiliency
Napa County
qictang@ucanr.edu
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Clarissa Reyes
Orchard systems advisor
Sutter, Yuba, Placer and Butte counties
clareyes@ucanr.edu
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Manpreet Singh
Technology and innovation advisor for small farms
Fresno, Kings, Tulare, Madera and Merced counties
mansing@ucanr.edu
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Alicia Baddorf
Sustainable supply chain coordinator
UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program
akbaddorf@ucanr.edu
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Ahmed Kayad
Agricultural engineering advisor
Intermountain Research and Extension Center
agkayad@ucanr.edu | (530) 667-5117
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Flavie Audoin
Livestock and natural resources area advisor
Calaveras, Amador, El Dorado and Tuolumne counties
faudoin@ucanr.edu | (209) 454-8472
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Erik Porse
Director
California Institute for Water Resources
eporse@ucanr.edu
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Haris Gilani
Biomass and bioenergy advisor
Riverside and San Bernardino counties
hgilani@ucanr.edu
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Eddie Tanner
Specialty crops and horticulture advisor
Humboldt and Del Norte counties
ehtanner@ucanr.edu
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Ellie Andrews
Specialty crops advisor
Sonoma, Marin and Napa counties
eandrews@ucanr.edu
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Tobias Oker
Soils and irrigation advisor
Kern County
teoker@ucanr.edu | (661) 868-6218 | Twitter @TobiasOker
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Justin Tanner
Viticulture advisor
San Joaquin, Stanislaus and southern Sacramento counties
jdtanner@ucanr.edu
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Cassandra Nguyen
Cooperative Extension nutrition specialist
UC Davis
casnguy@ucdavis.edu | (530) 752-3817
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Francisco Benítez Altuna
Project scientist
Berkeley Food Institute and UC ANR
fjbenitez@ucanr.edu
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Gwenaël Engelskirchen
Sustainable food and farming coordinator
UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program
gaengelskirchen@ucanr.edu | (530) 792-8253
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Jaime Ott
Orchard systems advisor
Tehama, Butte, Shasta and Glenn counties
njott@ucanr.edu | (530) 527-3101
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Samuel Ikendi
Academic coordinator, climate-smart agriculture
UC Merced
sikendi@ucanr.edu
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Katie Reidy
Statewide postfire academic coordinator
UCCE Central Sierra office
kkreidy@ucanr.edu
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Prakash Jha
Assistant project scientist, climate adaption tools
UC Merced-Sierra Nevada Research Institute
prajha@ucanr.edu
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Janessa Hartmann
Community health and nutrition advisor
Shasta, Trinity and Tehama counties
jlhartmann@ucanr.edu
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Cuong "Jimmy" Nguyen
Assistant food safety and organic production area advisor
Imperial and Riverside counties
cgnguyen@ucanr.edu | (442) 265-7700
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Alec Dompka
Rural communities economic development advisor
Del Norte, Humboldt and Trinity counties
addompka@ucanr.edu | (707) 464-4711 | Twitter @Alec_rural_dev
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Fatemeh Khodadadi
Cooperative Extension plant pathology specialist
UC Riverside
fatemeh.khodadadi@ucr.edu
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