UC ANR Associate Editors

Associate Editor Chair

Janet Hartin
Title: Area Environmental Horticulture Advisor
Specialty: Environmental horticulture, 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

Associate Editor for Agronomy Sciences

Sarah E Light
Title: Agronomy Farm Advisor
Specialty: Alfalfa/Hay, Beans, Wheat, Corn, Sorghum, Sunflower, Safflower, Hemp, Soil Health, Cover Crops, Agronomy, Annual Cropping Systems in the Sacramento Valley.
Address:
Sutter-Yuba UC Cooperative Extension
142A Garden Highway
Yuba City, CA 95991
Phone: (530) 822-7515
Fax: (530) 673-5368
Email: selight@ucanr.edu

Dr Daniel H Putnam
Title: Cooperative Extension Specialist, Agronomist in the AES
Specialty: Alfalfa and forage crops systems, forage quality and utilization, alternative field crops, cellulosic energy crops (switchgrass, miscanthus) crop ecology.
Address:
MS #1 One Shields Avenue
2240 Plant & Environmental Sciences Building. UC Davis
Davis, CA 95616-8780
Phone: (530) 752-8982
Fax: (530) 752-4361
Email: dhputnam@ucdavis.edu

Associate Editor for Animal, Avian, and Veterinary Sciences

Richard A Blatchford Ph.D.
Title: Assistant Cooperative Extension Small to Large Scale Poultry Specialist
Specialty: Husbandry, Behavior, and Welfare
Address:
Animal Science
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616-8521
Phone: 530-752-8763
Email: rablatchford@ucdavis.edu

Julie A Finzel
Title: Farm Advisor
Specialty: Animal Science and Rangeland Ecology and Management
Address:
Cooperative Extension Kern County
1031 South Mount Vernon Avenue
Bakersfield, CA 93307
Phone: 661-868-6219
Email: jafinzel@ucanr.edu

Associate Editor for Environmental Horticulture

Janet Hartin
Title: Area Environmental Horticulture Advisor
Specialty: Environmental horticulture, 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

Associate Editor for Food and Nutrition

Karina Diaz Rios
Title: CE Nutrition Specialist
Specialty: nutrition education, eating behavior, cross-cultural adaptation, measurement validation
Address:
University of California, Merced
5200 N. Lake Road
251A Social Sciences & Management
Merced, CA 95343
Email: kdiazrios@ucanr.edu

Associate Editor for Farm Management and Economics

Mehdi Nemati
Title: Assistant Professor of Environmental Economics and Policy
Specialty: Environmental and Water Resource Economics, Agricultural Economics, Applied Econometrics
Address:
UC Riverside School of Public Policy,
Interdisciplinary South 4109
Riverside, CA 92521
Phone: 9518279368
Email: mehdin@ucr.edu

Associate Editors for Land, Air, and Water Sciences

Mallika Arudi Nocco
Title: Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist
Specialty: Soil-Plant-Water Relations; Irrigation Management
Email: manocco@ucdavis.edu

Associate Editor for Natural, Marine, and Freshwater Resources

Associate Editors for Pest Management—Agricultural

Brenna J. Aegerter Ph.D.
Title: Farm Advisor
Specialty: Vegetable Crops, Plant Pathology
Address:
2101 East Earhart Ave, Suite 200
Stockton, CA, CA 95206-3924
Phone: 209-953-6114
Fax: (209) 953-6128
Email: bjaegerter@ucanr.edu

David R Haviland
Title: Farm Advisor
Specialty: Entomologist and Pest Management. Advise in identification and control of Pest.
Address:
Cooperative Extension Kern County
1031 South Mount Vernon Avenue
Bakersfield, CA 93307
Phone: 661-868-6215
Email: dhaviland@ucanr.edu

Associate Editor for Pest Management—Urban

Dr Andrew M Sutherland BCE
Title: Urban Integrated Pest Management Advisor
Specialty: urban (household & structural) IPM of insects and other arthropods
Address:
University of California Cooperative Extension – Alameda County
224 West Winton Avenue
Rm 134
Hayward, CA 94544
Phone: 510-499-2930
Email: amsutherland@ucanr.edu

Associate Editor for Pomology, Viticulture, and Subtropical Horticulture

Larry J Bettiga
Title: Viticulture Farm Advisor
Specialty: Wine grape production, canopy management, pest management, rootstock and clonal evaluation.
Address:
Cooperative Extension Monterey County
1432 Abbott Street
Salinas, CA 93901
Phone: (831) 759-7361
Email: lbettiga@ucanr.edu

Associate Editor for Postharvest Technology and Biology

Dr Irwin Ronaldo Donis-Gonzalez Ph.D.
Title: Associate Professor of Cooperative Extension in Postharvest Engineering
Specialty: Postharvest Engineering
Address:
3024 Bainer Hall, One Shield Av.
Davis, CA 95616
Phone: 5307528986
Email: irdonisgon@ucdavis.edu

Associate Editors for Spanish-Language Materials

Maria de la Fuente Ph. D.
Title: Farm Advisor & Master Gardener Advisor Monterey & Santa Cruz Counties
Specialty: Mushrooms, compost, specialty vegetables, nursery crops, plant pathology and soil microbiology. Urban Horticulture and Master Composter Program UCCE Santa Clara.
Address:
Cooperative Extension Monterey County
1432 Abbott Street
Salinas, CA 93901
Phone: (831) 759-7358
Fax: 831-758-3018
Email: medelafuente@ucanr.edu

Associate Editor for Vegetable Crops

Mr C. Scott Stoddard
Title: County Director and Farm Advisor  Vegetable Crops and Soils
Specialty: Soil fertility and soil conservation, tomatoes, melons, sweetpotatoes, weed management
Address:
Cooperative Extension Merced County
2145 Wardrobe Avenue
Merced, CA 95341-6445
Phone: (209) 385-7403
Email: csstoddard@ucanr.edu

Associate Editor for 4-H Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

Steven M. Worker PhD
Title: 4-H Youth Development Advisor
Specialty: Educational research; design and research of out-of-school (informal) learning environments; positive youth development; science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education
Address:
1682 Novato Boulevard, Suite 150B
415-761-1020
Novato, CA 94947-7021
Phone: 415-761-1020
Email: smworker@ucanr.edu