Drought and Water Experts

Jim Baird

UC Cooperative Extension turfgrass management specialist, based at UC Riverside
(951) 827-5630
cell (951) 333-9052
jbaird@ucr.edu

Helen Dahlke

Associate professor of integrated hydrologic sciences, based at UC Davis
(530) 302-5358
hdahlke@ucdavis.edu

Kristin Dobbin

Assistant UC Cooperative Extension specialist in water justice policy and planning, based at UC Berkeley
kbdobbin@berkeley.edu

Missy Gable

Director, UC ANR Statewide Master Gardener Program
Home gardening, landscaping
(530) 750-1266
mjgable@ucanr.edu

Amir Haghverdi

Associate professor of agricultural and urban water management, based at UC Riverside
(951) 827-4774
amir.haghverdi@ucr.edu

Thomas Harter

UC ANR Cooperative Extension groundwater hydrologist, based at UC Davis
Speaks fluent German
(530) 752-2709
thharter@ucdavis.edu

Safeeq Khan

Professor of water and watershed sciences at UC Merced
(209) 386-3623
msafeeq@ucmerced.edu

Isaya Kisekka

Associate professor of agricultural water management and irrigation engineering, based at UC Davis
(530) 379-9549
ikisekka@ucdavis.edu

Mark Lubell

Professor of Human behavior and water conservation, based at UC Davis
(530) 752-5880
mnlubell@ucdavis.edu

Tapan Pathak

UCCE climate adaptation in agriculture specialist
(209) 228-2520
tpathak@ucanr.edu

Erik Porse

Director of the California Institute for Water Resources
(530) 240-2612
eporse@ucanr.edu

Dan Putnam

Emeritus UC ANR Cooperative Extension agronomy specialist, based at UC Davis
Alfalfa
(530) 752-8982
dhputnam@ucdavis.edu

Samuel Solis Sandoval

UC Cooperative Extension specialist, based at UC Davis
Municipal and agricultural water use
Speaks fluent Spanish
(530) 754-9646
samsandoval@ucdavis.edu

David Sunding

UC Cooperative Extension specialist based at UC Berkeley
Natural resources and environmental economics
(510) 642-8229
sunding@are.berkeley.edu

Daniel Sumner

UC ANR agricultural economist, based at UC Davis
(530) 752-1668
dasumner@ucdavis.edu

Daniele Zaccaria

UC 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

UCCE Irrigation water management specialist
UC Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center
(559) 646-6541, kmbali@ucanr.edu

Abdelmoneim "Moneim" Mohamed

UCCE irrigation and soils advisor, Stanislaus, San Joaquin & Merced Counties
Speaks fluent Arabic
(209) 525-6812
amohamed@ucanr.edu

Tobias Oker

UC Cooperative Extension soils and irrigation advisor, Kern County
(661) 868-6218
teoker@ucanr.edu

Central Coast

Michael Cahn

UC 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 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