Faculty
Office Information
Kearney Agricultural Center
Kearney Ag. Center
9240 S. Riverbend Ave.
Parlier, CA 93648
Phone: (559) 646-6500
Fax: (559) 646-6593
Director
Khaled M Bali, Ph.D.
Title: Interim Director
Email: kmbali@ucanr.edu
Phone: (559) 646-6060
Faculty
Mary Lu Arpaia Ph.D.
Title: CE Subtropical Horticulturist
Specialty: Evaluation of preharvest and postharvest factor on subtropical crop productivity and fruit quality, including rootstock, cultivar, irrigation, pesticide and nutrition management strategies
Address:
Kearney Ag. Center
9240 S. Riverbend Ave.
(559) 646-6561
Parlier, CA 93648
Phone: (559) 646-6561
Fax: (559) 646-6593
Email:
mlarpaia@ucanr.edu
Khaled M Bali Ph.D.
Title: Irrigation Water Management Specialist
Specialty: Irrigation and water management, irrigation systems, soil salinity, drainage, infiltration, water quality, TMDL, biosolids
Address:
Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center
9240 S. Riverbend Ave.
Parlier, CA 93648
Phone: 559-646-6541
Fax: 559-646-6015
Email:
kmbali@ucanr.edu
Anthony J Cornel Ph.D.
Title: Associate Entomologist
Specialty: Applied and basic research on mosquitoes related to developing innovative strategies for their control
Address:
Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center
9240 S. Riverbend Ave.
Parlier, CA 93648
Phone: (559) 646-6556
Email:
ajcornel@ucanr.edu
Carlos H Crisosto Ph.D.
Title: CE Postharvest Physiologist
Specialty: Extension and research on postharvest biology and technology of fruits; fruit quality and deterioration and handling systems
Address:
Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center
9240 S. Riverbend Ave.
Parlier, CA 93648
Phone: (530) 752-7549
Email:
chcrisosto@ucdavis.edu
Kent M Daane Ph.D.
Title: CE Specialist
Specialty: Biological control and IPM of insect pests in perennial crops (almond, grape, stone fruit, olives, pistachios), annual crops (lettuce) and ornamentals (eucalyptus, ornamental).
Address:
Kearney Agricultural Research and Education Center
9240 S. Riverbend Ave.
Parlier, CA 93648
Phone: 5596466522
Fax: (559) 646-6593
Email:
kdaane@ucanr.edu
Dr Jeffery A. Dahlberg
Title: Director-UC-ANR-KARE
Specialty: Plant Breeding and Genetics
Address:
Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center
9240 S. Riverbend Ave.
Parlier, CA 93648
Phone: (559) 646-6060
Fax: 559-646-6015
Email:
jadahlberg@ucanr.edu
Dr Theodore M DeJong
Title: Emeritus Professor CE Pomologist-AES Plant Physiologist-AES
Specialty: Environmental physiology; tree crop physiology; carbon partitioning and crop modeling; pomology; physiology and management of fruit tree crops; peach rootstock development and physiology; dried plum breeding
Address:
Plant Sciences
Mail stop 2
3037 Wickson Hall
Davis, CA 95616
Phone: (530) 752-1843
Email:
tmdejong@ucdavis.edu
Louise Ferguson Ph.D.
Title: CE Pomologist
Specialty: Pistachio, olive, citrus, fig and persimmon production; alternate bearing, mechanical pruning, mechanical harvesting, citrus Mandarins, root stocks
Address:
Louise Ferguson
Department of Plant Sciences
3045 Wickson Hall
Davis, CA 95616
Phone: (559) 737 3061 (M) 530-752-0507 (O)
Fax: 530-752-8502
Email:
lferguson@ucdavis.edu
Matthew W. Fidelibus Ph.D.
Title: Cooperative Extension Specialist
Specialty: Raisin, table and wine grape production,fruit quality, whole-plant physiology, plant growth regulators, weeds.
Address:
Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center
9240 S. Riverbend Ave.
Parlier, CA 93648
Phone: 5596466510
Email:
mwfidelibus@ucanr.edu
Dr David A Grantz Ph.D.
Title: Plant Physiologist & CE Specialist
Specialty: Air pollution, Ozone, Environmental Crop Physiology, Biofuel Feedstocks
Address:
Kearney Agricultural Center
9240 S. Riverbend Ave.
Parlier, CA 93648
Phone: (559) 646-6599
Fax: (559) 646-6593
Email:
dagrantz@ucanr.edu
Dr Peter Ako Larbi
Title: Assistant CE Specialist
Specialty: Agricultural Application Engineering
Address:
Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center
9240 S. Riverbend Ave.
Parlier, CA 93648
Phone: 559-646-6577
Email:
palarbi@ucanr.edu
Giulia Marino
Title: ASST SPECIALIST COOP EXT
Address:
Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center
9240 S. Riverbend Ave.
Parlier, CA 93648
Email:
giumarino@ucdavis.edu
Themis J Michailides Ph.D.
Title: Plant Pathologist and Lecturer
Specialty: Ecology, epidemiology and control of fungal diseases of fruit and nut crops and vines, postharvest diseases, aflatoxin and mycotoxins of nut crops and figs.
Address:
Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center
9240 S. Riverbend Ave.
Parlier, CA 93648
Phone: (559) 646-6546
Email:
tjmichailides@ucanr.edu
Jeffrey P Mitchell Ph.D.
Title: CE Cropping Systems Specialist
Specialty: Vegetable cropping systems, irrigation management, soil quality, organic soil amendments, extension models, postharvest physiology
Address:
Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center
9240 S. Riverbend Ave.
Parlier, CA 93648
Phone: (559) 646-6565
Email:
jpmitchell@ucanr.edu
Alireza Pourreza , Ph.D.
Title: Assistant CE Specialist of Agricultural Mechanization
Specialty: Sensing
Agricultural Automation
Precision Agriculture
Big Data
Address:
Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, UC Davis
3042 Bainer Hall, Davis, California 95616, 3042 Bainer Hall
Davis, CA 95616
Phone: (530) 752-9290
Fax: 5307529290
Email:
apourreza@ucdavis.edu
James J Stapleton PhD
Title: IPM Plant Pathologist
Specialty: Integrated pest management; alternatives to synthetic chemical products for disease and pest control; solar energy in pest management; soil-plant ecology; pest issues in natural areas; biological, physical, and cultural management of reservoirs of weedy plant propagative materials; seed pathology; sustainable and appropriate pest management technologies; circular economy issues
Address:
Kearney Agricultural Center Academic Unit
9240 S. Riverbend Ave.
Parlier, CA 93648
Phone: (559) 646-6536
Fax: (559) 646-6593
Email:
jjstapleton@ucanr.edu
Florent Trouillas
Title: Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist
Specialty: Fruit and Nut Crops
Address:
9240 South Riverbend Avenue
Parlier, CA 93648
Phone: (559) 646-6566
Email:
flotrouillas@ucanr.edu
Dr Andreas Westphal
Address:
9240 S Riverbend Ave
Parlier, CA 93648
Phone: 559-646-6555
Email:
andreas.westphal@ucr.edu
Larry E. Williams Ph.D.
Title: Professor Plant Physiologist-AES
Specialty: Influences of microclimate on physiological processes of the grapevine; cultural techniques of the grapevine associated with the production of raisins and table grapes; carbon assimilation by and allocation in the vine; effect of senescence on gas exchange characteristics; whole plant physiology
Address:
Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center
9240 S. Riverbend Ave.
Parlier, CA 93648
Phone: (559) 646-6558
Email:
lewilliams@ucanr.edu
Houston Wilson Ph.D.
Title: Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist
Specialty: Orchard/vineyard IPM, insect ecology, organic agriculture, agroecology
Address:
Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center
9240 S. Riverbend Ave.
Parlier, CA 93648
Phone: 559-646-6519
Email:
hwilson@ucanr.edu