Irwin Donis-GonzalezUC Cooperative Extension specialist in biological and agricultural engineering, UC Davis Postharvest engineering, handling (storage, drying, etc.), traceability, and processing of agricultural commodities with a goal of reducing energy consumption while ensuring food quality and safety (530) 752-8986 irdonisgon@ucdavis.edu |
Sean HoganDrone services head, Informatics and Geographic Information Systems (IGIS) Statewide Program Remote sensing and drone technology/applications, drone training (530) 750-1322 sdhogan@ucanr.edu |
Grant JohnsonCooperative Extension urban agriculture technology area advisor South Coast Research and Extension Center (Irvine); Los Angeles and Orange counties Technologies that improve plant production, especially in controlled environments like greenhouses (949) 414-8022 gejohnson@ucanr.edu |
Ahmed KayadAgricultural engineering advisor Intermountain Research and Extension Center (Tulelake); Modoc and Siskiyou counties New technologies related to mechanization, automation, and precision agriculture into intermountain cropping systems; drones and weed detection (530) 667-5117 agkayad@ucanr.edu |
Maggi KellyDirector, Informatics and Geographic Information Systems (IGIS) Statewide Program Cooperative Extension specialist in the Environmental Science, Policy and Management department, UC Berkeley Mapping, GIS, remote sensing, spatial modeling, UAVs, participatory research (510) 642-7272 maggi@berkeley.edu |
Farzaneh KhorsandiUC Cooperative Extension specialist in agricultural and biological engineering, UC Davis Ag safety & health (engineering control), agricultural machine systems (design and test), instrumentation, finite element analysis, agricultural mechanization (530) 752-7848 fkhorsandi@ucdavis.edu |
Peter LarbiUC Cooperative Extension specialist in agricultural application engineering Principal investigator and director, Agricultural Application Engineering Program, at Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center (Parlier) Regional leadership in agricultural engineering extension and applied research with a focus on spray application engineering (559) 646-6577 palarbi@ucanr.edu |
Andy LyonsProgram coordinator, Informatics and Geographic Information Systems (IGIS) Statewide Program GIS, spatial analysis, dynamical system modeling, drone mapping, political ecology andlyons@ucanr.edu |
Alireza PourrezaUC Cooperative Extension specialist in agricultural mechanization, UC Davis Precision agriculture/horticulture; machine vision; agricultural robotics and automation; big data, hyperspectral/multispectral imaging; remote sensing, drones, GIS (530) 752-9290 apourreza@ucdavis.edu |
Manpreet SinghCooperative Extension technology and innovation advisor for small farms Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center (Parlier); Fresno, Kings, Tulare, Madera and Merced counties Testing and evaluation technologies to improve crop production efficiency, weed control, water management mansing@ucanr.edu |
Gabe YoutseyChief innovation officer, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources Co-founder, The VINE Agriculture, food, and biotech innovation (530) 750-1314 gdyoutsey@ucanr.edu |