Workgroup Directory/Information

To join an existing Workgroup, please email the group's chair or co-chair. Contact information is available on the below Workgroup pages or on individual faculty pages.

Workgroup Directory

Workgroup	Chairs
Aging Californians in Rural and Urban Settings	Mary Blackburn
Agriculture and Nature Tourism	Stephanie Larson
Agroecology and Organic Farming Systems	Sonja Brodt
Alfalfa and Forage Systems	Daniel Putnam
Almond	Franz Niederholzer Cameron Zuber
Beef Safety and Quality Assurance	Gabriele Maier
California Communities and Food Systems	Christy Getz
California Naturalist	Gregory Ira
Career/College Readiness & Workforce Development	Liliana Vega
Cling Peach	Raymond Mireles Cameron Zuber
Conservation Agriculture	Jeffrey Mitchell
Consumer Climate Change Literacy	Yu Meng Marisa Neelon
Cotton	Robert Hutmacher
Dairy Health and Production	Jennifer Heguy Noelia Silva Del Rio
Dairy Quality Assurance	Betsy Karle Deanne Meyer Michael Payne
Desert	Oli Bachie Aliasghar Montazar
Developing Volunteer Capacities (DVC)	Matthew Rodriguez Steven Worker
Disaster Preparedness and Response	Sabrina Drill Tracy Schohr
Diversity in Youth Development	Diego Mariscal Liliana Vega
Dry Chain Workgroup	Irwin Donis-Gonzalez
Entomology	Cindy Kron Siavash Taravati
Environmental Education	Cynthia Chavez
Environmental Flows	Ted Grantham Samuel Sandoval Solis
Expanded Learning (Afterschool)	Marianne Bird Steven Worker
Families with Young Children	Lenna Ontai
Fire	Susan Kocher Max Moritz Lenya Quinn-Davidson
Floriculture and Nursery	Lorence Oki Gerardo Spinelli Emma Volk
Forest Ecosystems and Communities	Susan Kocher Ricky Satomi
Grain Legume	Nicholas Clark
Integrated Grape Production	Sahap Kurtural Shijian Zhuang
Integrated Management of Soilborne Pests	Ana Maria Pastrana Leon
Irrigation Management	Andre Biscaro Curt Pierce
Landscape and Urban Horticulture	Christopher Shogren Christopher Shogren Joanna Solins
Livestock - Crop Integration	Morgan Doran Julie Finzel
Livestock Production Systems	James Oltjen
Livestock-Crop Production Workgroup
Money Talks	Irene Padasas, Natalie Price
Native American Community Partnerships	Christopher Mcdonald Jennifer Sowerwine
Nematology	Andreas Westphal
Oak Woodland Conservation	Devii Rao
Olive	Louise Ferguson Selina Wang
Pest Management in ANR	Cindy Kron
Pesticide Use Report	Rachael Goodhue
Pistachio	Louise Ferguson
Plant Pathology	Akif Eskalen
Positive Youth Development through 4-H Camp Experiences	Marianne Bird Nathaniel Caeton
Postharvest Technology Center	Florence Zakharov
Precision Agriculture	Peter Larbi
Prune	Natalia Ott
Rangeland Technology, Innovation, and Practice	David Lile Daniel Macon Leslie Roche
Rice	Luis Espino
Science Education and Extension	Steven Worker
Sheep and Goat Herd Health and Production	Roselle Busch Daniel Macon
Small Farm	Aparna Gazula Margaret Lloyd Krista Marshall
Small Grain	Mark Lundy
Spray Application Technology	Franz Niederholzer
Strawberry	Mark Bolda
Sub Tropical Crops	Akif Eskalen Ben Faber
Thriving Youth	Gemma Miner Matthew Rodriguez
UAS (Drones) Workgroup	Sean Hogan Andrew Lyons
Urban Agriculture	Lucy Diekmann Jennifer Sowerwine
Vegetable Crops	Brenna Aegerter Steven Fennimore
Walnut	Clarissa Reyes
Warm Season Vegetables	Thomas Turini
Waste Management and Compost	Michael Cohen Maria de la Fuente
Water and Environmental Justice	Kristin Dobbin Erik Porse
Weed	Thomas Getts Bradley Hanson
Wildlife	Roger Baldwin Laura Snell Jeffery Stackhouse
Woody Biomass Utilization