Workgroup Directory/Information

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Workgroup Directory

Workgroup Information UAS (Drones) Workgroup
Summary	The UAS Workgroup will provide a platform to plan and coordinate research, training, funding, safety, and technical support for drone applications across ANR. The UAS Workgroup will advance UCANR’s Strategic Vision by facilitating access to a powerful data collection technology that is playing an increasingly significant role in research in agriculture (Healthy Food Systems), rangelands, forestry, and water (Healthy Ecosystems). Drones are also a charismatic technology that have captured the attention of the general public, industry, and government agencies. If used cautiously and strategically, drones can improve ANR’s reach, and public perception for excellence in research. Activities supported by the Workgroup also have the strong potential to promote STEM among both youth (4H goal) and resource managers (workforce development).

Workgroup Chair Information

Name	Sean Hogan (Co-Chair)
Phone	(530) 750-1322
E-Mail	sdhogan@ucanr.edu
Unit:	Informatics and GIS (IGIS) Statewide Program

Name	Andrew Lyons (Co-Chair)
Phone
E-Mail	andlyons@ucanr.edu
Unit:	Informatics and GIS (IGIS) Statewide Program

Membership List
CE Advisor
Audoin, Flavie		Amador County
	Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor
Bachie, Oli		Imperial County
	Imperial County Director	Agronomy & Weed Management
Caeton, Nathaniel		Shasta County
	4-H Youth Development Advisor	4-H Youth Development Program
Campbell, Marsha
	Farm Advisor, Emeritus	Field crops
Getts, Thomas		Lassen County
	Weed Ecology & Cropping Systems Advisor	Weed control in wildlands, rangelands, and the forage-based cropping systems of the intermountain region.
Greer, Christopher		San Luis Obispo County
	Area Cooperative Extension Advisor - Integrated Pest Management	Integrated Pest Management of Agricultural Crops
Kayad, Ahmed
	Agricultural Engineer Advisor	Agricultural Engineering, Precision Agriculture, Farm Machinery, Remote Sensing
Lacan, Igor		San Mateo-San Francisco Counties
	Interim County Director; Bay Area Environmental Horticulture and Urban Forestry Advisor	Urban Forestry
Larson, Stephanie		Sonoma County
	County Director and Livestock Range Management Advisor	Sheep management and production, fiber production, rangeland and natural resource management, water quality
Lazicki, Patricia		Capitol Corridor MCP Cooperative Extension
	Vegetable Crops Advisor
Lightle, Dani		Tehama County
	Orchard Systems Advisor
Lobo, Ramiro		San Diego County
	Small Farms & Agricultural Economics Advisor	Farm management, marketing, agricultural economics, agricultural tourism, small farms, new/specialty crops
Montazar, Aliasghar		San Diego County
	UCCE Irrigation and Water Management Advisor	Irrigation and water management, measurement and modeling of surface energy balance variables/ET and crop coefficients, irrigation scheduling, drainage and water quality, on-farm irrigation system management and evaluation, salinity management and control practices, deficit irrigation, environmental instrumentation and modelling.
Oneto, Scott		Central Sierra Cooperative Extension
	Farm Advisor	Agriculture, master gardener program, rangeland management, weed science
Rethwisch, Michael		Riverside County
	Field Crops University of California Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor Palo Verde Valley Vegetables	Entomology, Agronomy (Crop Production)
Stackhouse, Jeffery		Humboldt County Office
	Livestock and Natural Resource Advisor
Worker, Steven		Marin County
	4-H Youth Development Advisor	Educational research; design and research of out-of-school (informal) learning environments; positive youth development; science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education
CE Specialist
Bali, Khaled		Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center
	Irrigation Water Management Specialist	Irrigation and water management, irrigation systems, soil salinity, drainage, infiltration, water quality, TMDL, biosolids
Kelly, Maggi		ESPM - Ecosystem Sciences
	Director, Statewide IGIS Program, Professor and Cooperative Extension Specialist	GIS - remote sensing - spatial modeling - UAVs - participatory research
Pourreza, Alireza
	Assistant CE Specialist of Agricultural Mechanization	Sensing, Agricultural Automation, Precision Agriculture, Big Data
Putman, Alexander		Plant Pathology
	Assistant Specialist in Cooperative Extension and Assistant Plant Pathologist	Vegetable and strawberry crops; epidemiology and disease management; downy mildew diseases; soilborne pathogens
Other ANR
Burrow, Larry
	Community Education Specialist	Pesticide Safety and Continuing Education, Webmaster
Cornelio, Karla

Feirer, Shane		Informatics and GIS (IGIS) Statewide Program
	Geographic Information Systems - Supervisor II	GIS analyses with emphasis on natural resource related topics
Hogan, Sean		Informatics and GIS (IGIS) Statewide Program
	IGIS Academic Coordinator II	GIS and Remote Sensing
Johnson, Robert		Informatics and GIS (IGIS) Statewide Program
	GIS Programmer	GIS, web development
Keiffer, Ryan		Mendocino County
	Sr. Agricultural Technician
Lyons, Andrew		Informatics and GIS (IGIS) Statewide Program
	Program Coordinator
Peterson, Skyler		Intermountain Research & Extension Center
	Senior Farm Machinery Mechanic
Ridoutt-Orozco, Maria		Kings County
	Community Education Specialist 2	Climate-Smart Agriculture
Suppes, Jason		South Coast Research & Extension Center
	Community Education Specialist II
Taylor, Leah		San Diego County
	Community Education Specialist III	Master Gardener Coordinator and IPM
Torres, Gabriel		Viticulture & Enology
	Viticulture Farm Advisor	Plant Pathology
Other UC
Allen, Brian		Central Sierra Cooperative Extension
	Assistant Specialist
Fenwick, Becca		Informatics and GIS (IGIS) Statewide Program

Stark, Brandon

Membership Totals
Number of Members		36
ANR Members		36
Non-ANR		0
Info Only		0