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Center Director

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Atef Swelam
Director Kearney and Westside Research and Extension Centers
Phone: 559-646-6060
Email: aiswelam@ucanr.edu


Academic and Cooperative Extension Staff
 

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Jackie Atim
CE Specialist in Abiotic Stress
Phone: 559-646-6506
Email: jatim@ucanr.edu

 

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Khaled M Bali
Irrigation Water Management Specialist
Phone: 559-646-6541
Email: kmbali@ucanr.edu

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Mae Culumber
Nut Crops Farm Advisor
Phone: 559-241-7526
Email: cmculumber@ucanr.edu

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Kent Daane
CE Specialist
Phone: 559-646-6522
Email: kdaane@ucanr.edu

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David Ennes
IR-4 Field Research Director
Phone: 559-646-6061
Email: djennes@ucanr.edu

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Matthew Fidelibus
CE Specialist Grape Production 
Phone: 559-646-6510
Email: mwfidelibus@ucanr.edu

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Sandipa Guatam
Cooperative Extension Area Citrus IPM Advisor
Phone: 559-592-2408 x 1765
Email: sangautam@ucanr.edu

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Peter A Larbi
Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist
Phone: 559-646-6577
Email: palarbi@ucanr.edu

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Giulia Marino
Assistant Specialist Cooperative Extension
Email: giumarino@ucdavis.edu
 

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Jeffrey Mitchell
CE Cropping Systems Specialist
Phone: 559-646-6565
Email: jpmitchell@ucanr.edu

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Idongesit Mokwunye
Area CE IPM Entomology Advisor
Phone: 559-807-0257
Email: imokwunye@ucanr.edu

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Florent Trouillas
Associate Cooperative Extension Specialist
Phone: 559-646-6566
Email: flotrouillas@ucanr.edu

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Andreas Westphal
UC Riverside Professor of Cooperative Extension Nematology
Phone: 559-646-6555
Email: andreasw@ucr.edu

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Houston Wilson
Associate Cooperative Extension Specialist
Phone: 559-646-6519
Email: samhw@ucr.edu

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Manpreet Singh
Technology and Innovation for Small Farms Advisor
Phone: 559-646-6538
Email: mansing@ucanr.edu


Administrative Staff
 

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Gloria T Gonzalez
Business Officer
Phone: 559-646-6010
Email: gtgonzalez@ucanr.edu

 

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Maximus Mendez
Assistant
Email: maxmendez@ucanr.edu


Custodial Staff

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Ivan Aldana
Assistant Custodial Supervisor
Phone: 559-646-6054
Email: ialdana@ucanr.edu

 

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Filiberto Ramirez
Custodian
Phone: 559-646-6054
Email: filramirez@ucanr.edu

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Jose R Ramirez
Custodian
Phone: 559-646-6054
Email: josramirez@ucanr.edu

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Mauricio Robles
Custodian
Phone: 559-646-6054
Email: maurobles@ucanr.edu


Physical Plant Staff
 

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Patrick J West
Crafts and Trades Manger I
Phone: 559-646-6052
Email: pjwest@ucanr.edu

 

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Keith C Byrum
System Admin ll
Phone: 559-646-6560
Email: kcbyrum@ucanr.edu

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Daniel Perez
Building Maintenace Worker

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Jose Reyes
Building Maintenace Worker
Phone: 559-646-6056
Email: jesreyes@ucanr.edu


Farm Operation Staff
 

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Vincent A Silva
Agriculture Manger I
Email: vasilva@ucanr.edu

 

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Rodolfo A Cisneros
Principal Agricultural Technician
Phone: 559-646-6023
Email: racisneros@ucanr.edu

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Juan Martinez
Agricultural Technician
Email: jummartinez@ucanr.edu 

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Hironel Perales
Farm Machine Mechanic 

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Victor R Polkownikow
Agricultural Technician Prn
Phone: 559-646-6023
Email: vrpolkownikow@ucanr.edu

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Salvador Rangel
Farm Worker
Phone: 559-646-6023
Email: salrangel@ucanr.edu

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Pablo Rosales
Farm Laborer

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Guadalupe Sandoval
Agricultural Technician Prn 
Email: gsandoval@ucanr.edu