Drought and water experts
Jim Baird, Ph.D.
UC ANR Cooperative Extension turfgrass management specialist, based at UC Riverside
(951) 827-5630
cell (951) 333-9052
jbaird@ucr.edu
Helen Dahlke, Ph.D.
Associate professor of integrated hydrologic sciences, based at UC Davis
(530) 302-5358
hdahlke@ucdavis.edu
Kristin Dobbin, Ph.D.
Assistant Cooperative Extension specialist in water justice policy and planning, based at UC Berkeley
kbdobbin@berkeley.edu
Dave Fujino, Ph.D.
Executive director, California Center for Urban Horticulture, based at UC Davis
(530) 754-7739
dwfujino@ucdavis.edu
Missy Gable
Director, UC ANR Statewide Master Gardener Program
Home gardening, landscaping
(530) 750-1266
mjgable@ucanr.edu
Amir Haghverdi, Ph.D.
Associate professor of agricultural and urban water management, based at UC Riverside
(951) 827-4774
amir.haghverdi@ucr.edu
Thomas Harter, Ph.D.
UC ANR Cooperative Extension groundwater hydrologist, based at UC Davis Speaks fluent German
(530) 752-2709
thharter@ucdavis.edu
Faith Kearns, Ph.D.
Academic coordinator
UC California Institute for Water Resources
(510) 987-9124
faith.kearns@ucop.edu
Safeeq Khan, Ph.D.
Cooperative Extension specialist, water and watershed sciences, based at UC Merced
(209) 386-3623
msafeeq@ucanr.edu
Isaya Kisekka, Ph.D.
Associate professor of agricultural water management and irrigation engineering, based at UC Davis
(530) 379-9549
ikisekka@ucdavis.edu
Mark Lubell, Ph.D.
Professor
Human behavior and water conservation
(530) 752-5880
mnlubell@ucdavis.edu
Aliasghar Montazar, PhD.
UCCE irrigation and water management advisor, Imperial & Riverside & San Diego counties
Speaks fluent Persian
(442) 265-7707
amontazar@ucanr.edu
Mallika Nocco, Ph.D.
UCCE specialist soil-plant-water specialist, based at UC Davis
manocco@ucdavis.edu
Tapan Pathak, Ph.D.
UCCE climate adaptation in ag specialist
(209) 228-2520
tpathak@ucanr.edu
Erik Porse, Ph.D.
Director of the California Institute for Water Resources
(530) 240-2612
eporse@ucanr.edu
Dan Putnam, Ph.D.
UC ANR Cooperative Extension agronomy specialist, based at UC Davis
Alfalfa
(530) 752-8982
dhputnam@ucdavis.edu
Samuel Solis Sandoval, Ph.D.
UC ANR Cooperative Extension specialist, based at UC Davis
Municipal and agricultural water use
Speaks fluent Spanish
(530) 754-9646
samsandoval@ucdavis.edu
David Sunding
UC ANR Cooperative Extension specialist based at UC Berkeley
Natural resources and environmental economics
(510) 642-8229
sunding@are.berkeley.edu
Daniel Sumner, Ph.D.
UC ANR agricultural economist, based at UC Davis
Director, UC Agricultural Issues Center
(530) 752-1668
dasumner@ucdavis.edu
Daniele Zaccaria, Ph.D.
UC ANR Cooperative Extension water management specialist, based at UC Davis
Speaks fluent Italian
(530) 219-7502 cell (email first)
dzaccaria@ucdavis.edu
Central Valley
Khaled Bali, Ph.D.
Irrigation water management specialist
UC Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center
(559) 646-6541, kmbali@ucanr.edu
Tobias Oker, Ph.D.
Cooperative Extension soils and irrigation advisor, Kern County
(661) 868-6218
teoker@ucanr.edu
Central Coast
Michael Cahn
UC ANR Cooperative Extension farm advisor, Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito counties
Irrigation and water resources, vegetables and berries
(831) 759-7377
mdcahn@ucanr.edu
Ben Faber
UC ANR Cooperative Extension farm advisor, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties
Water, soils and subtropical crops, such as avocado and citrus
(805) 645-1462
bafaber@ucanr.edu
Southern California
Jairo Diaz, Ph.D.
Director, UC ANR Desert Research and Extension Center
Imperial County
(760) 356-3065
jdiazr@ucanr.edu
Janet Hartin
UC ANR Cooperative Extension environmental horticulture advisor, San Bernardino, Los Angeles and Riverside counties
Landscape and turfgrass irrigation/graywater use
(951) 313-2023
jshartin@ucanr.edu
Darren Haver, Ph.D.
UC ANR Cooperative Extension farm advisor, Orange County
Landscaping and drought
(949) 653-1814
Twitter: @DHaverUCANR
dlhaver@ucanr.edu
Grant Johnson
Cooperative Extension urban agriculture technology area advisor, Los Angeles and Orange counties
(949) 414-8022
gejohnson@ucanr.edu
Natalie Levy, Ph.D.
Associate specialist for water resources, Orange County
nlevy@ucanr.edu
Gerry Spinelli, Ph.D.
Cooperative Extension production horticulture advisor, San Diego County
Speaks fluent Spanish, Italian
(530) 304-3738
gspinelli@ucanr.edu
For more information, contact: Pam Kan-Rice, (510) 206-3476, pam.kanrice@ucanr.edu