Current BPSC Faculty
Mary Lu Arpaia
email marylu.arpaia@ucr.edu
Contact Info:
Title: Cooperative Extension Specialist, Subtropical Horticulture
E-mail: marylu.arpaia@ucr.edu
Julia Bailey-Serres
email julia.bailey@ucr.edu
Mechanisms that enable crops to be resilient to floods and other climate change stresses,Mechanisms of gene activity control from chromatin to the translated mRNA, Technologies that enalble analysis of gene regulation in specific populatoins of cells
Contact Info:
Title: Distinguished Professor and Geneticist
Tel: (951) 827-3738
E-mail: julia.bailey@ucr.edu
https://profiles.ucr.edu/julia.bailey
Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station
James Baird
email james.baird@ucr.edu
Botany and Plant Sciences Dept
Contact Info:
Title: Professor
CE -Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-5630
E-mail: james.baird@ucr.edu
https://profiles.ucr.edu/james.baird
Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station
Christopher Catano
Contact Info:
Title: Assistant Professor
Botany & Plant Sciences
Tel:
E-mail: christopher.catano@ucr.edu
https://profiles.ucr.edu/christopher.catano
Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station
Sean Cutler
email sean.cutler@ucr.edu
Plant Biology, Chemical Biology, Molecular Genetics, Biotechnology
Contact Info:
Title: Distinguished Professor and Plant Cell Biologist
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-6990
E-mail: sean.cutler@ucr.edu
https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/cutler
Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station
Katayoon Dehesh
email katayoon.dehesh@ucr.edu
Contact Info:
Title: Distinguished Professor and Molecular Biochemist
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-6370
E-mail: katayoon.dehesh@ucr.edu
https://profiles.ucr.edu/katayoon.dehesh
Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station
Ashraf El Kereamy
email ashraf.elkereamy@ucr.edu
Contact Info:
Title: Associate Professor of Cooperative Extension
CE-Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-2280 | 559-592-2408 Ext. 1154
E-mail ashraf.elkereamy@ucr.edu
https://profiles.ucr.edu/ashraf.elkereamy
Maria Florencia Ercoli
Contact Info:
Title: Assistant Professor of Plant Genetics
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951)827-2211
E-mail mariaflorencia.ercoli@ucr.edu
https://profiles.ucr.edu/mariaflorencia.ercoli
Thomas Eulgem
email thomas.eulgem@ucr.edu
Contact Info:
Title: Department Chair, Professor and Plant Cell Biologist
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-7740
E-mail: thomas.eulgem@ucr.edu
https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/teulgem
Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station
Juan Pablo Giraldo
Plant Nanobiotechnology, Plant Physiology, Nanosensors, Nanoparticle-plant Interactions
Contact Info:
Title: Associate Professor and Plant Physiologist
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-3583
E-mail: juanpablo.giraldo@ucr.edu
https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/juanpg
Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station
Thomas Girke
email thomas.girke@ucr.edu
Contact Info:
Title: Professor of Bioinformatics
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 732-7072
E-mail thomas.girke@ucr.edu
https://profiles.ucr.edu/thomas.girk
Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station
Venugopala Gonehal
email venu.gonehal@ucr.edu
Contact Info:
Title: Professor and Plant Cell Biologist
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 732-7072
E-mail venu.gonehal@ucr.edu
https://profiles.ucr.edu/venu.goneha
Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station
Darrel Jenerette
email darrel.jenerette@ucr.edu
Contact Info:
Title: Professor and Landscape Ecologist
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-7113
E-mail: darrel.jenerette@ucr.edu
https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/gdjen
Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station
Zhenyu (Arthur) Jia
email arthur.jia@ucr.edu
Contact Info:
Title: Professor and Geneticist
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-3987
E-mail: arthur.jia@ucr.edu
https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/zhenyuj
Faculty website: Jia Lab
Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station
Adam Jozwiak
email adamj@ucr.edu
Contact Info:
Title: Assistant Professor of Molecular Biochemistry
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-4401
E-mail: adamj@ucr.edu
https://profiles.ucr.edu/adam.jozwiak
Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station
Sunil Kenchanmane Raju
email sunilkuk@ucr.edu
Contact Info:
Title: Assistant Professor of Plant Resilience
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 867-8672
E-mail: sunilkumar.kenchanmaneraju@ucr.edu
https://profiles.ucr.edu/sunilkumar.kenchanmaneraju
Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station
Daniel Koenig
email daniel.koenig@ucr.edu
Contact Info:
Title: Associate Professor and Geneticist
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-3212
E-mail: daniel.koenig@ucr.edu
https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/dkoenig
Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station
Loralee Larios
email loralee.larios@ucr.edu
Contact Info:
Title: Associate Professor and Plant Ecologist
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-4001
E-mail: loralee.larios@ucr.edu
https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/loralee
Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station
B Larry Li
email bai-lian.li@ucr.edu
Contact Info:
Title: Professor and Ecologist
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-4776
E-mail bai-lian.li@ucr.edu
https://profiles.ucr.edu/bai-lian.li
Amy Litt
email amy.litt@ucr.edu
Plant diversity, evolution, and development
Contact Info:
Title: Associate Professor and Plant Evolution & Develop Biologist
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-2113
E-mail: amy.litt@ucr.edu
https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/amylitt
Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station
Adam J. Lukaszewski
email adam.lukaszewski@ucr.edu
Contact Info:
Title: Professor and Geneticist
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-3946 | 9518273946
E-mail adam.lukaszewski@ucr.edu
https://profiles.ucr.edu/adam.lukaszewsk
Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station
Peggy Mauk
email peggy.mauk@ucr.edu
Agricultural Operations
Contact Info:
Title: Director of Agricultural Operations
CE-Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-4274
E-mail peggy.mauk@ucr.edu
Milton McGiffen
email milt.mcgiffen@ucr.edu
Contact Info:
Title: Cooperative Extension Specialist, Vegetable Crops
CE-Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (909) 560-0839
E-mail milt.mcgiffen@ucr.edu
https://profiles.ucr.edu/milt.mcgiffe
Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station
Donald Merhaut
email donald.merhaut@ucr.edu
Contact Info:
Title: Associate Cooperative Extension Specialist, Horticulture
CE-Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-1523
E-mail donald.merhaut@ucr.edu
https://profiles.ucr.edu/donald.merhau
Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station
Dawn Nagel
email dawn.nagel@ucr.edu
Plant circadian clock and temperature responses
Contact Info:
Title: Associate Professor of Genetics and Genomics
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-4425
E-mail: dawn.nagel@ucr.edu
https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/dawnn
https://dawnnagel.wixsite.com/nagelucr
Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station
David Nelson
email david.nelson@ucr.edu
Contact Info:
Title: Professor of Genetics
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-4397
E-mail: david.nelson@ucr.edu
https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/davidn
Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station
Sara Ohadi
email sara.ohadi@ucr.edu
Contact Info:
Title: Assistant Cooperative Extension Weed Management Specialist
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951)827-4616
E-mail sara.ohadi@ucr.edu
Carolyn Rasmussen
Division plane orientation and the cytoskeleton in shape and patterning in plants
Contact Info:
Title: Professor and Plant Cell Biologist
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-4415
E-mail: carolyn.rasmussen@ucr.edu
https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/crasmu
Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station
Philippe Rolshausen
Vascular diseases of tree crops
Contact Info:
Title: Professor Coop Extension Specialist, Subtropical Crops
CE-Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-6988
E-mail: philippe.rolshausen@ucr.edu
https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/philrols
https://ucanr.edu/sites/Rolshausen/
Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station
Louis Santiago
email louis.santiago@ucr.edu
Contact Info:
Title: Professor and Physiological Ecologist
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-4951
E-mail: louis.santiago@ucr.edu
https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/santiago
Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station
Danelle Seymour
email danelle.seymour@ucr.edu
Genetics, genomics, and breeding in citrus
Contact Info:
Title: Assistant Professor of Genetics
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-4441
E-mail: danelle.seymour@ucr.edu
https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/dseymour
Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station
Patricia Springer
Contact Info:
Title: Professor of Genetics
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-5785
E-mail patricia.springer@ucr.edu
Maggie Sogin
email maggie.sogin@ucr.edu
ContactInfo:
Title: Assistant Professor of Ecological Metablism
Botany and Plant Sciences
Caroline Tardivo
email caroline.tardivo@ucr.edu
Contact Info:
Title: Assistant Professor of Horticulture
Tel:
E-mail: caroline.tardivo@ucr.edu
Linda Walling
email linda.walling@ucr.edu
Contact Info:
Title: Professor and Geneticist
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-4687
E-mail: linda.walling@ucr.edu
https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/lwalling
Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station
Qiguo Yu
email qiguo.yu@ucr.edu
Contact Info:
Title: Assistant Professor
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951)827-1117
E-mail qiguo.yu@ucr.edu
Shizhong Xu
email shizhong.xu@ucr.edu
Contact Info:
Title: Distinguished Professor and Geneticist
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-5898
E-mail shizhong.xu@ucr.edu
https://profiles.ucr.edu/shizhong.x
Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station
Adjunct Professors
Jorge Ferreira
phone (951) 369-4830
email jorge.f.ferreira@ucr.edu
US Salinity Laboratory, USDA-ARS
Contact Info:
Title Adjunct Professor and Research Plant Physiologist, Ph.D.
Botany and Plant Sciences Dept
Tel: (951)-369-4830
E-mail: jorge.f.ferreira@ucr.edu
Tracy Kahn
phone (951)827-7360
email tracy.kahn@ucr.edu
University of California, Riverside
Contact Info:
Title Adjunct Professor
Botany and Plant Sciences Dept
Tel: (951) 827-7360
E-mail: tracy.kahn@ucr.edu
https://profiles.ucr.edu/tracy.kahn
Paul Nabity
phone (951)827-3927
email paul.nabity@unimelb.edu.au
The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Australia
Contact Info:
Title: Adjunct Professor
E-mail: paul.nabity@unimelb.edu.au
Devinder Sandhu
phone (951)369-4832
email devinder.sandhu@ucr.edu
US Salinity Laboratory, USDA-ARS
Contact Info:
Title: Adjunct Professor and Research Geneticist
Adjunct Professor-Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951)-369-4832
E-mail: devinder.sandhu@ucr.edu
Jaimie Van Norman
phone (951)827-2134
Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
University of California, Los Angeles
Contact Info:
Title: Adjunct Professor
Tel: (310) 206-0661
E-mail: jaimievannorman@g.ucla.edu