Water Quality, Quantity and Security Panel Members
How the Panel helps
The SI Panels help
Unify
1. Create vision, 2. Identify themes & priorities, 3. Input to Strategic Plan, 4. Hold meetings, 5. Operate a think tank, 6. Help build capacity, 7. Input to staffing needs, and 8. Manage grants
Communicate
1. Collate stories & highlights, 2. Develop materials (white papers, etc.), 3. Foster debate
Advocate
1. Represent UC ANR and the SI, 2. Engage stakeholders and government, 3. Raise awareness, 4.Represent on Program Council
Initiative Leader
![Photo of Dr Helen E. Dahlke](https://ucanr.edu/DIRPhotos/24176.jpg)
Dr Helen E. Dahlke
Title: Associate Professor in Integrated Hydrologic Sciences
Specialty: physical hydrology, surface water - groundwater interactions, groundwater recharge, on-farm recharge, nutrient transport, stochastic hydrology, DNA tracer technology
Address:
1 Shields Avenue
3006 Plant and Environmental Science Building
Davis, CA 95616
Phone: (530) 302-5358
Email: hdahlke@ucdavis.edu
Title: Associate Professor in Integrated Hydrologic Sciences
Specialty: physical hydrology, surface water - groundwater interactions, groundwater recharge, on-farm recharge, nutrient transport, stochastic hydrology, DNA tracer technology
Address:
1 Shields Avenue
3006 Plant and Environmental Science Building
Davis, CA 95616
Phone: (530) 302-5358
Email: hdahlke@ucdavis.edu
Panel Members
![Photo of Andre S Biscaro](https://ucanr.edu/DIRPhotos/3509.jpg)
Andre S Biscaro
Title: Irrigation and Water Resources Advisor
Specialty: Irrigation and nutrient management of berry and vegetable crops
Address:
669 County Square Dr., Suite 100, Ventura, CA 93003
Ventura, CA 93003
Phone: 805-645-1465
Email: asbiscaro@ucanr.edu
Title: Irrigation and Water Resources Advisor
Specialty: Irrigation and nutrient management of berry and vegetable crops
Address:
669 County Square Dr., Suite 100, Ventura, CA 93003
Ventura, CA 93003
Phone: 805-645-1465
Email: asbiscaro@ucanr.edu
![Photo of Dr Ellen M Bruno](https://ucanr.edu/DIRPhotos/39150.jpg)
Dr Ellen M Bruno
Title: CE Specialist in Quantitative Policy Analysis
Specialty: Agricultural economics, water resource economics
Address:
223 Giannini Hall
Berkeley, CA, CA 94720
Email: ebruno@berkeley.edu
Title: CE Specialist in Quantitative Policy Analysis
Specialty: Agricultural economics, water resource economics
Address:
223 Giannini Hall
Berkeley, CA, CA 94720
Email: ebruno@berkeley.edu
![Photo of Janet S Hartin](https://ucanr.edu/DIRPhotos/943.jpg)
Janet S Hartin
Title: Area Environmental Horticulture Advisor
Specialty: Environmental horticulture, urban greening, climate-ready trees, "Trees for Tomorrow" arboriculture, irrigation needs of landscape plants
Address:
UC Cooperative Extension, Los Angeles County
700 W. Main Street
Alhambra, CA 91801
Phone: (951) 313-2023
Email: jshartin@ucanr.edu
Title: Area Environmental Horticulture Advisor
Specialty: Environmental horticulture, urban greening, climate-ready trees, "Trees for Tomorrow" arboriculture, irrigation needs of landscape plants
Address:
UC Cooperative Extension, Los Angeles County
700 W. Main Street
Alhambra, CA 91801
Phone: (951) 313-2023
Email: jshartin@ucanr.edu
![Photo of Dr Darren L Haver](https://ucanr.edu/DIRPhotos/954.jpg)
Dr Darren L Haver
Title: Director for REC System & Interim Director South Coast REC
Address:
South Coast Research & Extension Center
7601 Irvine Blvd.
(949) 301-9182 x1002
Irvine, CA 92618
Phone: (949) 301-9182 x1002
Email: dlhaver@ucanr.edu
Title: Director for REC System & Interim Director South Coast REC
Address:
South Coast Research & Extension Center
7601 Irvine Blvd.
(949) 301-9182 x1002
Irvine, CA 92618
Phone: (949) 301-9182 x1002
Email: dlhaver@ucanr.edu
![Photo of Dr Safeeq Khan](https://ucanr.edu/DIRPhotos/43890.jpg)
Dr Safeeq Khan
Title: Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist, Water and Watershed Sciences
Specialty: Watershed Hydrology, Hydrological Modeling, Climate Change
Address:
5200 North Lake Road
SRE 411
Merced, CA 95343
Email: msafeeq@ucanr.edu
Title: Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist, Water and Watershed Sciences
Specialty: Watershed Hydrology, Hydrological Modeling, Climate Change
Address:
5200 North Lake Road
SRE 411
Merced, CA 95343
Email: msafeeq@ucanr.edu
![Photo of Isaya Kisekka](https://ucanr.edu/DIRPhotos/36476.jpg)
Isaya Kisekka
Title: Assistant Professor and Assistant Irrigation Engineer in AES
Specialty: Irrigation Management and Agricultural Water Management
Address:
LAWR/Hoagland
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616
Phone: 530-379-9549
Email: ikisekka@ucdavis.edu
Title: Assistant Professor and Assistant Irrigation Engineer in AES
Specialty: Irrigation Management and Agricultural Water Management
Address:
LAWR/Hoagland
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616
Phone: 530-379-9549
Email: ikisekka@ucdavis.edu
![Photo of Michelle Leinfelder-Miles Ph.D.](https://ucanr.edu/DIRPhotos/20507.jpg)
Michelle Leinfelder-Miles Ph.D.
Title: Farm Advisor
Specialty: Crop Production, Soil and Water Resources, the Delta
Address:
Cooperative Extension San Joaquin County
2101 East Earhart Avenue, Suite 200
Stockton, CA 95206
Phone: 209-953-6100
Email: mmleinfeldermiles@ucanr.edu
Title: Farm Advisor
Specialty: Crop Production, Soil and Water Resources, the Delta
Address:
Cooperative Extension San Joaquin County
2101 East Earhart Avenue, Suite 200
Stockton, CA 95206
Phone: 209-953-6100
Email: mmleinfeldermiles@ucanr.edu
![Photo of Mallika Arudi Nocco](https://ucanr.edu/DIRPhotos/45267.jpg)
Mallika Arudi Nocco
Title: Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist
Specialty: Soil-Plant-Water Relations; Irrigation Management
Email: manocco@ucdavis.edu
Title: Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist
Specialty: Soil-Plant-Water Relations; Irrigation Management
Email: manocco@ucdavis.edu
![Photo of Tapan B Pathak](https://ucanr.edu/DIRPhotos/28062.jpg)
Tapan B Pathak
Title: Specialist in Climate Adaptation in Ag
Specialty: Applied climate in agriculture
Address:
UC Merced - Sierra Nevada Research Institute
5200 N. Lake Road
Merced, CA 95343
Phone: 209-228-2520
Email: tpathak@ucanr.edu
Title: Specialist in Climate Adaptation in Ag
Specialty: Applied climate in agriculture
Address:
UC Merced - Sierra Nevada Research Institute
5200 N. Lake Road
Merced, CA 95343
Phone: 209-228-2520
Email: tpathak@ucanr.edu
![Photo of Amir Verdi](https://ucanr.edu/DIRPhotos/33730.jpg)
Amir Verdi
Title: Assistant CE Professor
Specialty: Precision agriculture, soil hydrology, landscape and agricultural irrigation, data mining, remote sensing
Address:
2258 Geology Building
Riverside, CA 92521-0424
Phone: 951-827-4774
Email: amirh@ucr.edu
Title: Assistant CE Professor
Specialty: Precision agriculture, soil hydrology, landscape and agricultural irrigation, data mining, remote sensing
Address:
2258 Geology Building
Riverside, CA 92521-0424
Phone: 951-827-4774
Email: amirh@ucr.edu
Contact Information
To learn more about this initiative, contact Initiative Leader David Lewis.
For media inquiries on water, contact Pamela Kan-Rice or Faith Kearns.