About Us

Becky B. Westerdahl, CE Specialist & Acting Associate Professor

Specialties: Applied nematology, integrated pest management

Department of Nematology, One Shields Avenue, 474 Hutchison Hall, Davis, CA 95616, bbwesterdahl@ucdavis.edu, (530) 752-1405

Antoon Ploeg, Assoc. Nematologist & Assoc. CE Nematology Specialist, current Chair of the Nematology Workgroup

Specialties: Nematode pest management in field and vegetable crops; virus transmission

Department of Nematology, 2240 Spieth Hall, Riverside, CA 92521-0415, antoon.ploeg@ucr.edu, (951) 827-3192

Edward G. Platzer, Professor of Nematology & Biology

Specialties: Physiology and nutrition

Department of Nematology, 2236 Spieth Hall, Riverside, CA 92521-0415, edward.platzer@ucr.edu, (951) 827-4352

Edward P. Caswell-Chen, Professor

Specialties:host-parasite relations; nematodes in disease complexes; applied nematology; cropping systems design

Department of Nematology, One Shields Avenue, 478 Hutchison Hall, Davis, CA 95616, epcaswell@ucdavis.edu, (530) 752-3659

Gary S. Bender, Farm Advisor

Specialties: Subtropical horticulture, deciduous, irrigation, water quality, pest management, root rot and pathology of avocado and citrus

Cooperative Extension San Diego County, 5555 Overland Avenue, Building 4, San Diego, CA 92123, gsbender@ucdavis.edu, (858) 694-2856

Harry K. Kaya, Professor

Specialties: Nematodes for biological control of insect pests; interaction between nematodes and other biological control agents; general insect pathology (protozoan, viral and fungal disease of insects)

Department of Nematology, One Shields Avenue, 488 Hutchison Hall, Davis, CA 95616, hkkaya@ucdavis.edu, (530) 752-7567

Howard Ferris, Professor & Nematologist-AES

Specialties: Nematode biology and pest management, population biology, population assessment, ecology, integrated pest management

Department of Nematology, One Shields Avenue, 4202 Storer Bridge, Davis, CA 95616, hferris@ucdavis.edu, (530) 752-2124

Isgouhi Kaloshian, Assoc. Nematologist & Assoc. Professor

Specialties: Molecular mechanisms of root-know nematode resistance in tomatoes

Department of Nematology, 2251A Spieth Hall, Riverside, CA 92521-0415, ikalosh@ucrac1.ucr.edu, (951) 827-4431

J. Ole Becker, Cooperative Extension Nematology Specialist & Nematologist

Specialties: Integrated pest management of plant parasitic nematodes and soilborne pathogens

Department of Nematology, 1463 Boyce Hall, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, obecker@ucr.edu, (951) 827-2185

James A. Downer, Farm Advisor

Specialties: ornamental plant pathology, Phytophthora root rot, arboriculture

Cooperative Extension Ventura County, 669 County Square Drive #100, Ventura, CA 93003-5401, ajdowner@ucdavis.edu, (805) 645-1458

James G. Baldwin, Professor & Nematologist

Specialties: systematics; morphology; fine structure; phylogenetic analysis

Department of Nematology, 1303 Webber Hall, Riverside, CA 92521-0415, james.baldwin@ucr.edu, (951) 827-4431

James J. Stapleton, IPM Plant Pathologist

Specialties: Integrated pest management; non-chemical pest control strategies; soil-plant ecology; diseases of grapes and vegetable crops; establishment of permanent crops

Kearney Agricultural Center, 9240 South Riverbend Avenue, Parlier, CA 93648, jim@uckac.edu, (559) 646-6536

Manuel Mundo-Ocampo, Staff Research Associate

Specialty: nematode taxonomy

Department of Nematology, 1443 Boyce Hall, Riverside, CA 92521-0415, manuel.mundo@ucr.edu, (951) 827-7313

Michael V. McKenry, Nematologist and CE Nematology Specialist

Specialties: Field pathogenicity and practical control of nematodes in perennial crops

Kearney Agricultural Center, 9240 South Riverbend Avenue, Parlier, CA 93648, mckenry@uckac.edu, (559) 646-6554, web site: http://www.uckac.edu/nematode

Neil V. O'Connell, Farm Advisor

Specialties: citrus, avocado

Cooperative Extension Tulare County, 4437 S. Laspina St., Ste. B, Tulare, CA 93274, nvoconnell@ucdavis.edu, (559) 685-3309 Ext. 212

Ke Dong, Senior Plant Nematologist

Specialties: regulatory diagnostics of plant parasitic nematodes

Plant Pest Diagnostistics California Department of Food and Agriculture, Plant Pest Diagnostics Center, 3294 Meadowview Road, Sacramento, CA 95832-1448, kdong@cdfa.ca.gov, (916) 262-1109

John Chitambar, Senior Plant Nematologist

Specialties: regulatory diagnostics of plant parasitic nematodes

California Department of Food and Agriculture, Plant Health and Pest Prevention Services, Plant Pest Diagnostics Center, 3294 Meadowview Road, Sacramento, CA 95832-1448, JChitamb@cdfa.ca.gov, (916) 262-1110

Paul DeLey, Assoc. Nematologist & Assoc. Professor

Specialties: Ecology of nematode/rhizosphere interaction

Department of Nematology, University Laboratory Building 2691, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, paul.deley@ucr.edu, (951) 827-2280

Philip A. Roberts, Nematologist & Professor of Nematology

Specialties: Nematode host-parasite relations and pest management in field and vegetable crops

Department of Nematology, 1303 Webber Hall, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, philip.roberts@ucr.edu, (951) 827-4442

Thomas Turini, Farm Advisor

Specialties: plant pathology of vegetable crops

Cooperative Extension Fresno County, 1720 South Maple Avenue, Fresno, CA 93702, (559) 456-7157

Valerie M. Williamson, Professor & Nematologist

Specialties: Molecular biology, molecular genetics of the host-nematode interaction

Department of Nematology, One Shields Avenue, 4206 Storer Bridge, Davis, CA 95616, vmwilliamson@ucdavis.edu, (530) 752-3502

Irma Tandingan DeLey, Assistant Specialist

Specialties: Ecology of nematodes

Department of Nematology, University Laboratory Building 2691, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, itdeley@citrus.ucr.edu (951) 827-2691

Steven A. Nadler, Professor & Nematologist, Department of Nematology UCD Chairperson

Specialties: Molecular phylogenetic analysis

Department of Nematology, One Shields Avenue, 4206 Storer Bridge, Davis, CA 95616, sanadler@ucdavis.edu, (530) 752-2121

Edwin Lewis, Associate Professor

Specialties: Entomopathogenic nematodes and nematode behavior

Department of Nematology, One Shields Avenue, 4208 Storer Bridge, Davis, CA 95616, eelewis@ucdavis.edu, (530) 754-7659

Sergei A. Subbotin, Plant Nematologist

Specialties: molecular phylogeny and systematics of plant parasitic nematodes

California Department of Food and Agriculture, Plant Health and Pest Prevention Services, Plant Pest Diagnostics Center, 3294 Meadowview Road, Sacramento, CA 95832-1448, ssubbotin@cdfa.ca.gov

Heather J. Scheck, Plant Pathologist

Santa Barbara County Agricultural Commissioner's Office, 263 Camino Del Remedio, Santa Barbara, 93110-1334 hscheck@co.santa-barbara.ca.us, (805) 681-5600

Douglas Anderson

Nematodes Inc, Selma, CA
Email: nema@msn.com
(559) 891-9073

Robert H. Beede, Farm Advisor

Cooperative Extension Kings County, 680 North Campus Drive, Hanford, CA 93230, bbeede@ucdavis.edu, (559) 582-3211 Ext 2737

Lance Beem

Beem Consulting
Woodland, CA
(530) 304-4366

Paul Giboney

Caratan Farms
Delano, CA
(661) 619-4013